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pro e files
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:08 pm
by rusteberg
does anyone have any experience bringing pro e files into either max or mx studio?
i know nothing about pro e, its file extensions, export capabilities, or mesh issues....
can anyone familiar with this subject shed some light? thanks!
Re: pro e files
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:13 am
by Polyxo
You won't be able to open its native formats but it surely export Nurbs-Based .step or .iges which should "somehow" open in 3dsMax.
Without a dedicated Translator however you will likely some errors. Alternatively you could check try out importing meshes. While
I am not sure if .obj is available it is very likely that at least triangulated .stl-files can be written.
It's been many years that I sat last time in front of Max - I can definitely recall that it could write .stl's - not sure if it can also open them.
If not -then you could convert the format in the free program Meshlab.
In any case - the way the mesh looks will not meet any Standard you are probably used from Mesh-Modeling.
Hth, Holger
Re: pro e files
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 4:18 pm
by glebe digital
rusteberg - .prt & .asm files can be run through Polytrans & exported to .3ds, it's the quickest process I know getting ProE into something else.....I have Ptrans here, so if you're in a fix, pm me & I'll see what I can do to help.
Re: pro e files
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:54 pm
by sandykoufax
Isn't Polytrans a bundle software of 3dsMax? I haven't installed it before.
Re: pro e files
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:44 pm
by glebe digital
Re: pro e files
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 4:03 pm
by Bubbaloo
I use MOI for translating IGES nurbs into polygonal models. It has great controls.
Re: pro e files
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 3:01 pm
by macray
MoI here as well.
also used for modelling and exporting in .sat to go to VectorWorks.
Re: pro e files
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:05 pm
by rusteberg
good information, thanks a lot!
Re: pro e files
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:41 pm
by polynurb
one more.... in case you have rhino, it will import step/iges/solidworks too!
Re: pro e files
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:06 pm
by macray
the floor looks far too complicated to clean it every day! (und ich weiß wovon ich rede, wenn ich meine Mutter auf Arbeit besuche)
otherwise it looks nice, but still too clean and somehow to white for my taste. somehow it lacks some yellow/ orange colour in the light - at least for my taste.
Re: pro e files
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:29 pm
by rusteberg
macray wrote:the floor looks far too complicated to clean it every day! (und ich weiß wovon ich rede, wenn ich meine Mutter auf Arbeit besuche)
otherwise it looks nice, but still too clean and somehow to white for my taste. somehow it lacks some yellow/ orange colour in the light - at least for my taste.
ok. thanks.
Re: pro e files
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:59 am
by macray
rusteberg wrote:macray wrote:the floor looks far too complicated to clean it every day! (und ich weiß wovon ich rede, wenn ich meine Mutter auf Arbeit besuche)
otherwise it looks nice, but still too clean and somehow to white for my taste. somehow it lacks some yellow/ orange colour in the light - at least for my taste.
ok. thanks.
that is strange. that reply was supposed to be in the kindergarden thread... there I answered a second time because the answer somehow disappeared.
Concerning MoI - check the website
www.moi3d.com they have a free timeless 'no save' demo or one that you can use fully for 30 days. That might help a lot for evaluation if the tool is helping with Pro E files.