Maya to SolidWorks

I've been asked to re-model a fairly complex, swoopy part that is
currently modeled in Maya. Does anyone know if there any way to
export this model from Maya to SolidWorks, so that I won't have to
recreate everything? I was hoping for a way that I could get at least
the outer shape of the part in surfaces, and build from there.

They can provide me with the native Maya files, or .iges files. I
don't know of a way to import the native Maya files. But I know SW
will import .iges, though not very reliably. But is there anything
that the Maya gurus need to do when they export, to help it import
into SW with minimal errors?

Any help on this will be much appreciated.

Seth

 

Maya is mesh data. Think STL. Terrible to work with in SW. The best way
to do it in SW is Scan23D. RapidWorks is a better tool. It's manual
surface modeling, bud.

 

Wrong... yet again.

Maya is capable of producing NURBS splines and surfaces.

Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA

 

and SW is capable of producing mesh, which means SW is a mesh modeler>?
dumfukker.

get a grip fuckwad.

If he had surface data, he wouldn't need to build surface data, would
he, ball licker? Not that you know the difference. You know the
difference between a spline and a surface? How about between a spline
and a mesh? Or between a 1970 VW bus and a mesh knot?

dummass.

Daisy.

 

Ask the great clueless one about kernels or NURBS or
the XML kernel.
Or even simple trig (his boss once made him charts
of a few triangles which he may have had laminated).
Always a hoot.

 

And you are planning on translating this file how, exactly?

LOL ....

 

Maya is mesh data.

Wrong... yet again.

Maya is capable of producing NURBS splines and surfaces.

Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA

 

get a grip fuckwad.

Grip this moron:

Maya is capable of producing NURBS splines and surfaces.

Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA

 

From their form of mesh data?
Then why is translation such a well-known problem?
LOL ....

BTW, What's a kernel?

 

From their form of mesh data?
Then why is translation such a well-known problem?
LOL ....

BTW, What's a kernel?

 

Stupid Douche Bag:

If Maya has mesh data, do you think you can just click a toolbar button
and make it into surface data? My business is going to go under unless I
can do this function. Please tell me how to do this.

After that, I need to convert the mesh directly into g code within Maya.
I know yor smart. Pleas help me do this.

Daisy.

 

Hey Hershey Kiss Head, what do YOU think is a solution to this
question????
I'm sending what what I would do, I'll post it here AFTER you answer.

...and you don't have to answer in the form of a question Alex.


Come on DemoBoy....give it a try.....can't hurt THAT much could it?


CC

 

BTW.....the calander caught up with lil'jon.

It's banquer/April Fools Day


...but lil'jon said 'yeha' during HIS 'private time'

 

Well????

As expected and pointed out many times Jon.....nothing to contribute.
Are you afraid of being wrong????

Couldn't find a 'cut and paste' answer....could you.

Plenty to say when putting someone down.

I was wondering......when you use the McDonald's drive thru....can you
make a decision?
Or, do you wait and order what the car in front orders, then criticize
their choice?


CC

 

Hey asshole,

Got any insite for us yet? Which button do I push to make a mesh into a
Nurbs since Maya is all nurbsish and shit?

Daisy.

 

Not sure,.. I can only suggest doing a search... there are some Maya
forums out there which maybe helpful in suggesting a model setup (such
as scale or removing erroneous data or saving only what is needed to
another file before exporting) for optimum IGES export?

As you say, they should be able to export a IGES file,... have you
imported it yet,...have you tried importing it into so other modeler,
such as, Rhino?

For those of you Maya users,.. it's a system setting via the plug-in
manager (mel),.. include the Iges.mll.
And, as Seth says,.. don't expect great quality, Maya is known to have
import/export issues ((such as gaps, erroneous surfaces, stray
surfaces,..most likely tolerance or trim surface related).

If you want to send me the IGES file, I can try to open it in a few
other programs or try to clean it up?

Good luck..

 

Got any insite for us yet?

Nope. I already know you were a moron. Tell us again how Maya doesn't
support Nurbs, idiot.

Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA

 

Wow, you are bad at reading. They must have covered that after you quit
school to go make millions. If the guy got an iges Maya file and he's
asking about making surfaces, why would you assume he got a surface
file? You wouldn't, you'd assume that he got a point cloud file, which
is also transferable with iges. Whether Maya can do anything at all with
nurbs wasn't the question.

So where is the Mesh->Nurbs button in Maya? Tell me where to find it!

You're arguing with someone, I can see that, but I can't figure out who
it is. Prolly yourself again.

Daisy.

 

No Crap Rule in effect @ Comp.Cad.Solidworks

Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA

 

I know nothing about Maya (or anything else of importance) but I am
going to make myself as obnoxious as I possibly can. I am not able to
observe the "No Crap Rule" as it couldn't possibly apply to me.

Here's why:

http://www.davidgerard.co.uk/fuckhead.html

HTH
Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA