"If the file is good, they can stitch the IGES into a solid in Inventor or SW. Some people actually prefer IGES to SW to let the software do its own stitching...
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Exporting for viewing in SolidWorks or Inventor
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hi,i'm working on a project in rhino which needs to go to an engineer tomorrow.. the firm mainly uses solidworks and inventor..can someone tell me the best way to export so they'll be able to view…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Helvetosaur May 28.
Extruding Curves/Surfaces-- maintain normal direction
hi,i believe in the situation shown in the screenshot and example file, the curves should be extruded in their normal direction upon selecting more than one at a time..it works as expected if you…Continue
Started May 19
Array along curve with scaling
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Is there a command that will do that?or maybe a quicker/better method to do it than how i tried?thanks(no plugins etc.. mac)…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Helvetosaur Feb 19.
Extend curve by arc of specified Radius?
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hii drew this thing in a way which i feel is the wrong or long way.. is there a better way?basically, i'd like to extend curves with an arc of a specified radius.. i ended up using tangent circles…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jeff Hammond Jan 23.
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Jeff Hammond replied to Jeff Hammond's discussion Exporting for viewing in SolidWorks or Inventor
"thanks
yeah, i don't think the iges option would be a good one then because there's a lot of funky shaped concrete in this thing and i assume they'll want to be checking volume/weight.
i ended up just sending the .3dm files and told…"
Helvetosaur replied to Jeff Hammond's discussion Exporting for viewing in SolidWorks or Inventor
"IIRC Solidworks can now import Rhino files directly, but probably not Inventor. ACIS should work for Inventor. IGES will work for both, but the file will be surfaces and not solids...
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Exporting for viewing in SolidWorks or Inventor
hi,i'm working on a project in rhino which needs to go to an engineer tomorrow.. the firm mainly uses solidworks and inventor..can someone tell me the best way to export so they'll be able to view the drawings properly. (i'm mainly concerned with maintaining proper layer visibility and naming scheme).. i'm on mac so my export options are probably more limited (i'll attach a shot of the options).. and i can't get the other apps on my computer in order for me to test myself..i guess the best…See More
Jeff Hammond replied to Krzysztof Mielczarek's discussion closing vault surface
"probably not what you're after but if you want the sides to remain flat like the 3 lower surfaces, just draw a triangle up top..
but then again, "dome_ish surface" is open to many different interpretations ;)
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Jeff Hammond posted a discussion
Extruding Curves/Surfaces-- maintain normal direction
hi,i believe in the situation shown in the screenshot and example file, the curves should be extruded in their normal direction upon selecting more than one at a time..it works as expected if you select only one but will extrude all in the same direction if multiple curves are selected..extrudeQ.3dm…See More
Jeff Hammond replied to M.Haertel's discussion MoveFace command with DirectionConstraint=normal works different in Rhino v5
"me personally, i don't see a problem i guess.. but that's because i'm involved in this thread.. i'm not quite sure how much sense that would make to other users..
but when it comes to that stage.. as in something would actually…"
Jeff Hammond replied to Dennis Nelson's discussion Compare Rhino Models
"copy/paste one into the other then highlight duplicate objects via SelDup (or SelDupAll)
(the nonselected items will be the differences)
dunno.. just think out loud.. probably won't always do what you're seeking "
Jeff Hammond replied to M.Haertel's discussion MoveFace command with DirectionConstraint=normal works different in Rhino v5
"[EDIT] hmm..
actually.. if i think about it some more, MoveFace should probably do what it's doing now.. which is:
...and ExtrudeSrf should have the normal constraint option.. (it actually defaults to that option.. the problem is what…"
Jeff Hammond replied to M.Haertel's discussion MoveFace command with DirectionConstraint=normal works different in Rhino v5
"hmm.. i actually don't think i'm discussing this on a mathematical base (or other geeky theoretical type stuff about what's proper etc.. ;) )
i think i'm discussing from a practical standpoint (at least trying…"
Jeff Hammond replied to M.Haertel's discussion MoveFace command with DirectionConstraint=normal works different in Rhino v5
"wait..this is how it should work though..
all faces move together when you join them because it then orients all normals in the same direction..
i think though, something like this is happening:
i'm new to rhino (ok.. I'm not…"
Jeff Hammond replied to M.Haertel's discussion MoveFace command with DirectionConstraint=normal works different in Rhino v5
"i guess it's just a case of different people expecting something totally different out of a particular tool but i feel if something was to get 'fixed' regarding MoveFace constraint:normal... it should be able to do this to a…"
Jeff Hammond replied to M.Haertel's discussion MoveFace command with DirectionConstraint=normal works different in Rhino v5
"i can't understand why you won't turn off the normal constraint.. nothing in your examples show that it would be a problem to do so..
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Helvetosaur replied to Jeff Hammond's discussion Array along curve with scaling
"Cool, thanks... ----H"
Jeff Hammond replied to Jeff Hammond's discussion Array along curve with scaling
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this is from Marlin regarding the dialogs:
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Jeff Hammond replied to M.Haertel's discussion MoveFace command with DirectionConstraint=normal works different in Rhino v5
"that's if you're selecting multiple faces on the same polysurface then those rules come into play..
but if you're selecting faces on different objects, then the normal direction of each surface determines which way it will…"
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