Any way to import STL?

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Re: Any way to import STL?

Post by NNois » 15 Mar 2017, 21:48

Hi, the best way without any doubt is using the MOI modeler software, the mesh generated is 2 to 3 times better than in any other apps

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Re: Any way to import STL?

Post by ActionArt » 16 Mar 2017, 15:09

Thanks Hirazi, I'll give that a try.

NNois, I do have Moi and I agree, it does a fantasic job. There are two problems however. Moi is 32bit and the parts I need to convert are complex and not easily broken down. It runs out of RAM. I've been hoping for a 64 bit version but hasn't happened yet.

The other advantage of STL is Inventor can create them in a few seconds (much faster than Moi) even for very complex parts. Blender can then import them just as fast. It would be so nice to have the same feature in SI. The problem also with an intermediate step like Moi is there is often time wasted getting the right orientation, units, polys facing the right way etc.

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Re: Any way to import STL?

Post by rray » 19 Mar 2017, 01:01

I've been needing STL import for a while too - had a try today scripting a simple importer. Check out if it works for you: ImportSTL.zip
softimage resources section updated Jan 5th 2024

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Re: Any way to import STL?

Post by ActionArt » 20 Mar 2017, 16:14

Wow, that seems to work perfectly, thanks rray! No errors so far. Very nice! Incredibly fast too! This is awesome.

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Re: Any way to import STL?

Post by mc_axe » 20 Mar 2017, 22:19

Thanx rray, very nice to have stl import in SI! Thx for share!

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Re: Any way to import STL?

Post by rray » 21 Mar 2017, 20:46

Glad to share nice to see it works well. The "new" meshBuilder class from the sdk makes writing importers quite easy and fast.
softimage resources section updated Jan 5th 2024

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Re: Any way to import STL?

Post by ActionArt » 22 Mar 2017, 03:27

I'm glad you can do it :)

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