<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Jeremiah -<div>thanks for the information, that is indeed very helpful.</div><div>Your list includes DXF, that was the preference before.</div><div>I am concerned that the export process will corrupt the file and we release a file that will be painful to actually use.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>From the formats you listed (Wavefront, DXF, STL), which is your preference?</div><div>Which one do you believe is a format where Pro/E can export all information into, without loosing much?</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Wolfgang</div><div><br><div><div>On Jan 17, 2008, at 10:37 AM, Jeremiah Flerchinger wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I don't think ProE by itself is suitable, especially since you need a copy of ProE even to import it to BRLCAD. I myself would suggest Wavefront (.obj), ASCII DXF (.dxf), or STL (.stl) file. All are standard formats & should be in ProE and any other 3D editor.<br> <br> Instructions for converting from ProE to STL are as follows:<br> <br> ProE<br> <br> * File > Export > Model<br> * STL<br> * Set chord height to 0. The field will be replaced by minimum acceptable value.<br> * Set Angle Control to 1<br> * OK<br> <br> ProE Wildfire<br> <br> * File > Save a Copy > Model<br> * Change type to STL (*.stl)<br> * Set Chord Height to 0. The field will be replaced by minimum acceptable value.<br> * Set Angle Control to 1<br> * OK<b><br> </b><br> I'm sure the process would be similar to convert to either of the other 2 formats.<br> <br> Jeremiah Flerchinger</font><b><br> <br> </b><br> <br> Wolfgang Spraul wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:7E693315-C660-45AA-B78A-0D711F330C01@openmoko.com" type="cite">Esben - <br> Interesting. I checked on BRLCAD's website <br> <br> Converting Geometry Between BRL-CAD and other Formats, Page 17 <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ftp.brlcad.org/VolumeIV-Converting_Geometry.pdf">http://ftp.brlcad.org/VolumeIV-Converting_Geometry.pdf</a> <br> <br> and it seems Pro/E import is actually quite solid. However you need a seat of Pro/E to do the conversion. <br> Is releasing in Pro/E format (.prt and .asm files) an acceptable way? <br> Wolfgang <br> <br> On Jan 17, 2008, at 2:36 AM, Esben Stien wrote: <br> <br> <blockquote type="cite">Wolfgang Spraul <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wolfgang@openmoko.com"><wolfgang@openmoko.com></a> writes: <br> <br> <blockquote type="cite">Regarding the format, the original is in Pro/Engineer Assembly <br> (.asm) and Part (.prt) files. That's probably hard to digest for any <br> FOSS CAD software. <br> </blockquote> <br> BRLCAD[0] has preliminary support for this format. <br> <br> [0]<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://brlcad.org/">http://brlcad.org/</a> <br> <br> -- <br> Esben Stien is b0ef@e s a <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www">http://www</a>. s t n m <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="irc://irc">irc://irc</a>. b - i . e/%23contact <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="sip:b0ef@">sip:b0ef@</a> e e <br> jid:b0ef@ n n <br> <br> _______________________________________________ <br> OpenMoko community mailing list <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:community@lists.openmoko.org">community@lists.openmoko.org</a> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community">http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community</a> <br> </blockquote> <br> <br> _______________________________________________ <br> OpenMoko community mailing list <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:community@lists.openmoko.org">community@lists.openmoko.org</a> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community">http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community</a> <br> <br> </blockquote> </div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>