lets say customer can only send you a faceted body

[fzvnpg]

am I just out of luck?
is there any way to convert it to anything I can use?
UG is my only system so help me out and how can I use, convert, copy, link , extract this into NX7.5????????


Cj Silver
Senior Tooling Engineer
GKN Aerospace

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[kl8ton]

Is it an STL file?

 

[fzvnpg]

an .obj or stl?

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R&D Engineer
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[JohnRBaker]

If this is a purchased item, you can simply add it to your Assembly as a faceted Component. However, if it's something that you need to add to or modify then you really need to have them provide you with a solid model. Converting faceted bodies into solids is not easy and unless it's a freeform shape, the level of accuracy of the 'converted' model may not be sufficient so that it's usable as an actual design model.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[fzvnpg]

its a shape that's 3d and I need to modify it and smooth it
so I guess if there is anyway to convert it even with lose of detail i'd take it

cause now I got nothing

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[cowski]

Do you have access to a "shape studio" license? If so, have a look at the rapid surfacing tools. It can be tricky to use, but is intended to help create surfaces from faceted bodies.

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[TheeCircle]

It depends on the stl file and the shape of the part. John is correct that you may loose accuracy.

2 programs that I use are Rhino 5 and Spaceclaim 2014 with varying results. There is another program called Verisurf but I have not used it.

 

[TheeCircle]

CJ,

Do you have a file I can try?

 

[fzvnpg]

TheeCircle

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[fzvnpg]

sorry let me try that again

Cj Silver
R&D Engineer
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[TheeCircle]

It will not download. You need to upload it to the Engineering.com site I think?

 

[fzvnpg]

tried Rhino and still wouldn't save it any in anything I can get into UG
OK and thanks

Cj Silver
R&D Engineer
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[petulf]

Hi

I used meshlab to convert the obj file to an stl which NX can import.

 

[fzvnpg]

doesn't that leave it a faceted body though....
need to clean and trim and fix this shape int a usable product instead a pretty 3d picture

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R&D Engineer
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[fzvnpg]

it did indeed bring it in a faceted body and I importing it and should be translating it in?

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[Toost]

I doubt that you can use the data you have received.. It's too low quality. Looks as bad in Rhino as it does in NX..
Go back to your customer and demand better data.
See attached image.

Regards,
Tomas

 

[fzvnpg]

I agree but if I can get it into nx I can rebuild it but have to have something to start with...

thanks all guess I am out of luck
its the best scan from customer and they brought it together with maya

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[Toost]

Here's what i get if i import the .obj file into Rhino, in Rhino convert the "mesh" into Nurbs. Export to Iges and import the Iges into NX...
( The export tool in Rhino isn't perfect, it didn't export everything as Iges , so i exported "everything" again to Step, and then it only exported what the Iges missed...
Since the "mesh" consists of "planar" rectangles it becomes converted into Nurbs degree 1x1 faces. ( the rectangles can be twisted.)

If it can be used i don't know, might be better than the facets.

Regards,
Tomas

 

[fzvnpg]

thank everyone for going above and beyond on what should have been so easy and yet as you showedwas not


thanks everyone

Cj Silver
R&D Engineer
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[TheeCircle]

I got about the same results as Toost using Rhino.