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| 01:42.18 | jarray52 | Is it possible to create parts in Autodesk Inventor Professional 13 and import the parts into brlcad? Once the parts are in brlcad, I would like to be able to manipulate the parts as though they are native brlcad generated objects. |
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| 01:53.22 | jarray52 | Is it possible to create parts in Autodesk Inventor Professional 13 and import the parts into brlcad? Once the parts are in brlcad, I would like to be able to manipulate the parts as though they are native brlcad generated objects. |
| 02:25.29 | brlcad | jarray52: as with most conversion questions -- "it depends" |
| 02:25.43 | brlcad | yes there is undoubtedly several ways to import the parts into brl-cad |
| 02:26.15 | brlcad | step, stl, 3dm, and dxf come to mind first, but there are probably other ways |
| 02:26.56 | brlcad | you'll export from inventor to one of those formats and use our corresponding [something]-g geometry converter |
| 02:27.32 | brlcad | manipulating the objects in brl-cad as "native" generated objects is the tricky part and depends entirely what you need to do to them |
| 02:27.48 | brlcad | moving them around, rotating them, using them in boolean combinations is all fine |
| 02:32.03 | brlcad | step and 3dm will import as immutable nurbs surfaces (you can't *edit* the surfaces, but you can use/move/csg them) |
| 02:33.02 | brlcad | stl and a slew of other surfaces will import as polygonal mesh and are editable surfaces, but the editing features are experimental/cumbersome (and you can use/move/csg them) |
| 02:33.46 | brlcad | dxf will be a polygonal mesh or extruded sketches |
| 02:51.03 | jarray52 | brlcad: Thanks. One of my main goals is to scale the parts based on some parameters. In order to do that, I need a somewhat good representation in brlcad. Are there any non-native formats that import nicely into brlcad? |
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| 14:11.32 | brlcad | jarray52: scaling should be no problem with any of them so I'd suggest a format that preserves the original geometry as much as possible (step, 3dm, dxf probably in that order) |
| 14:11.47 | brlcad | exporting solid ap 203 step data from inventor would probably work best |
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