Josh Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I was wondering if anyone knew any open-source libraries for converting CAD / parametric (Solidworks) models to polygons, I guess like 3ds Max's NURBS to mesh tool? I am having trouble finding anything, but it might just be that I am using the wrong terminology. Quote My job is to make tools you love, with the features you want, and performance you can't live without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einlander Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Assimp has some cad formats, and some formats that Solidworks exports to. Also Blender has some plugins for the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Clavet Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Hi! Have you tried STL from the export menu of Solidworks? You will have a really high density mesh once in that format. You would then need a polygon reduction tool to make it usable in a realtime application. You can check this link here:http://help.solidworks.com/2016/English/SolidWorks/sldworks/t_exporting_3D_print_files_impexp.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einlander Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 The easiest routes would be stl, dxf and vrml/wrl. Blender has import plugins for them. Open source tools to convert them are a bit hard to come by though :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 One library I found: https://sourceforge.net/projects/netgen-mesher/ Quote My job is to make tools you love, with the features you want, and performance you can't live without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einlander Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 What are you converting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 Nothing in particular. Here's another possible tool:http://www.geometros.com/ Quote My job is to make tools you love, with the features you want, and performance you can't live without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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