Importing 3dcadbrowser.com models into SolidWorks ... ??

I'm designing a bicycle accessory and need a generic-looking mountain
bike to use as a backdrop. Since modeling a bike would take me a long
time, I purchased a CAD model from these guys:
http://www.3dcadbrowser.com/

3dcadbrowser.com has over 3000 good-looking models for download and
the prices are reasonable ($10/model). I got several of a mountain
bike in .dxf, .3ds and .wrl however, try as I might, I can't get any
of them to import properly into SolidWorks (2003).

Does anyone have tips on how to work with models from
3dcadbrowser.com? Could Rhino be used as an intermediary to get them
imported?

Failing that, is there anywhere I can get hold of a decent looking
mountain bike in SolidWorks?

Thanks

Peter

 

Peter,

Most of those models are polymesh, which are pretty useless for SW.

They do have a few NURBS IGES files which should, at least, import as real
surfaces.

Regards

Mark

 

Try this you can purchase all kinds of mountain bikes in different 3d file
formats. Hope it helps you.

http://www.turbosquid.com/HTMLClien...pe=-1&istSearchKey=mountain+bike&stgBoolean=L

 

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