CAD conversion and editing

[Claus Christmann]

On Wednesday 24 September 2008 02:38:44 pm Claus Christmann wrote:
> Please see inline and below:
>
> On Wednesday 24 September 2008 10:58:59 am Lothar Behrens wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have converted as much as possible from the CAD files into BRLCAD
> > files.
> >
> > Propably I have forgotten to tell Michael Shiloh where the converted
> > files are.
> > (As of I had eMail contact to him)
> >
> > Also I am not much familar with the BRL CAD and I also could not compare
> > the files to their orginal versions.
> >
> > Where could I put the tgz file that contains all the others (~ 16 MB) ?
>
> If you want, I can host the files at webspace of mine, next to the IGES and
> STEP files. If that sounds like an option, simply email me the files. (Once
> Michael Shiloh gets in contact with you the files can then be transfered to
> downloads.openmoko.org/CAD as well)
>
> > The file also contains a script. (How I have converted the igs files)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Lothar
> >
> > Am 24.09.2008 um 16:09 schrieb Claus Christmann:
> > > Please see inline and below...
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 24 September 2008 08:59:12 am Breakable wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >> Anybody got any success for editing CAD files for the phone case?
> > >> Basically I am trying to get them open in brlcad (which seems to be
> > >> the
> > >> best free CAD software ever),
> > >> without any success yet.
> > >> I had some success in VariCad demo (proprietary) where parts of the
> > >> design
> > >> are imported using STEP format, but it does not seem good enough,
> > >> as I see
> > >> about 50% of the shapes usually.
> > >> IGES on the other hand seems like a total dissaster.
> > >
> > > The IGES files I created seemed to work in Pro/E and CATIA V5. Can
> > > you figure
> > > out if the files are corrupted or if it is a non-working import
> > > filter in
> > > brlcad that does not work?
> > > Have you tried opening a single file and not the complete assembly?
> > >
> > >> The only solution I currently see is buying or pirating the Pro/
> > >> ENGINEER to
> > >> edit or convert them  to brlcad .g format using the Pro/E to BRLCAD
> > >> converter plugin for Pro/ENGINEER from the brlcad suite. Buying or
> > >> pirating
> > >> for this task is not the option I like.
> > >> Anybody that has a  Pro/ENGINEER license can assist with that?
> > >> There is a nice description how to do it in
> > >> http://brlcad.org/w/images/6/66/Converting_Geometry.pdf
> > >> in section 4.9 page 27 of pdf.
> > >
> > > I have access to a Pro/E licencense and can look into that. However,
> > > it won't
> > > happen till the weekend...
> > >
> > >> After this is done properly, maybe the BRLCAD to DXF converter can
> > >> be used
> > >> to
> > >> improve accessibility of design files for those that have AutoCad.
> > >
> > > DXF is essentially a 2D format. Since there is no conversion from 3D
> > > to 2D
> > > that does not lose information, a "usefull" conversion heavily
> > > depends on the
> > > need of the user of those 2D DXF files.
> > >
> > > IF the list could agree on a limited number of planes/slices through
> > > the 3D
> > > model I might be willing to put the time into creating them.
> > >
> > >> If this issue wont be resolved I don't believe a community effort
> > >> to build
> > >> on the openness
> > >> of the device will ever succeed.
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >> Ignas
> > >
> > > As said above, I will look into this brlcad over the weekend and
> > > look into the
> > > conversion of the files into the appropriate format. However, I
> > > can't promise
> > > anything... (BTW, I have never heard of brlcad, but I also hardly use
> > > anything else than CATIA these days...)
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Claus
> > >
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> > > Claus Christmann
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> > >
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> > > Atlanta, GA 30332-0150, USA
> > >
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> > Lothar Behrens
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>
> The files would then be available via
> http://controls.ae.gatech.edu/claus/web/openmoko.html

Lothar's files are availalbe via 
http://controls.ae.gatech.edu/claus/web/openmoko.html 

Thank you, Lothar, for doing the conversion. Let's hope that someone can 
figure out the problem with the last resiting files.

Regards,

Claus

-- 
Claus Christmann
Graduate Research Assistant

Georgia Institute of Technology
270 Ferst Drive
Atlanta, GA 30332-0150, USA

http://uav.ae.gatech.edu