-- *Crispin B. Weinberg, President* *Biomedical Modeling Inc.*** 167 Corey Road, Suite 111 BostonMA02135 Tel: 617-738-8168 or 1-888-246-6633 Fax: 617-738-8165 or 1-888-232-9246 *www.biomodel.com <http://www.biomodel.com/>* *crispin_at_biomodel.com <mailto:crispin_at_biomodel.com>* On 2/1/2014 1:33 PM, Tracy Taylor wrote: > Doug > > Greg S. brings up a good point about using Rhino for the conversion. > There is also a limit of 20,000 facets for such a conversion. For a > complex organic shape it usually just won't work. However if the shape > is reasonable simple Rhino can be a great tool. Once you use the > "meshtonurb" command in Rhino you'll have a file that you can edit. > You can then use the vertices of the facets to place curves on the > model to create a nice smooth surface. It is a bit tedious, but if all > you have is a rough STL file and need it smooth it works quite well. I > did a model earlier this year that was so bad I needed to ask for > dimensions because the designer used the defaults in ProE and it was > beyond ugly. > > As Greg S. said... What is the goal? Does it need to be surfaced, > modified, etc.... > > Tracy Taylor > > > On 2/1/2014 9:24 AM, G. Sachs wrote: >> That will force each facet to be made into a seperate surface - don't >> want to do that. Besides, all part making machines can now use STL >> directly (including CNC systems). So, not sure what the goal is here, >> since you won't automatically get smoother surfaces. >> >> G. Sachs >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Greg <coteart_at_gmail.com> >> *To:* Chathamres <ChathamRes_at_aol.com> >> *Cc:* rp-ml_at_rp-ml.org; Mike Wall <wall1114_at_bellsouth.net> >> *Sent:* Saturday, February 1, 2014 10:16 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [rp-ml] Convert STL File to IGES file >> >> Hi Doug, >> >> Rhino <http://www.rhino3d.com/> has a demo with 25 free saves that you >> could use for that. Just *Import* it and then *Save As *an IGES. But >> I'd suggest that you go with STEP instead. >> >> Best Regards >> Greg Pettengill >> (321) 420-9037 >> Cell (321) 745-7843 >> >> Building sustainable agriculture, alternative economies and ways of >> living that, contradictory and flawed as they sometimes might be, are >> nonetheless experiments in ways of being free. >> Raj Patel "Stuffed and Starved" >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuffed_and_Starved> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 6:29 PM, <ChathamRes_at_aol.com >> <mailto:ChathamRes_at_aol.com>> wrote: >> >> __ >> We are in need of a conversion service to transform an STL file that >> we have into an IGES file for creating an aluminum mold. >> Please respond to Doug at >> chathamres_at_aol.com <mailto:chathamres_at_aol.com> >> >> >> >> > >Received on Sun Feb 02 2014 - 17:40:34 EET
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