3ds file

Sure,.. convert the 3DS file into a VRML (*.wrl) or *.STL

The import options are,.. 3D graphical or convert the closed mesh into
a solid.

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hello everyone
is it possible to import 3ds file in solidworks (converting in another
format first?) ?

thanks

 

thanks
and after that, can you work with the imported stl ?

fabrice c
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Sure,.. convert the 3DS file into a VRML (*.wrl) or *.STL

The import options are,.. 3D graphical or convert the closed mesh into
a solid.

...

 

Unless you have SW Premium, you can not "work with" an imported STL.

If you are attempting to import a STL with over 50,000 faces, import
it as a surface only.
You will end up with a 50+meg file after hours of SW "not responding".

Recently, I had a PLY file that had 188,000 faces.
I used MeshLab to "Cluster Decimate" it down to less than 100,000 and
exported as STL.
I ended up with an ugly 65meg SW file, but was able to use it as a
refence in an assembly.

BTW, that was the first time I used MeshLab.
I didn't investigate its editing tools.