Re: ACAD to C3 2003-12-10 - By kentcshum
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Ok, I have tried everything suggested. 3DSOUT is a no go with 2d
drawing lines, it triangulates every surface anyway, that's not what
I am looking for. Anything that's not solid or mesh cannot be
loaded in C3. DXFOUT is pretty much the same thing, Petteri is
right, C3 just can't take anything that doesn't have solid faces. I
tried importing an EPS export into C3's Spline modeler, no luck!
The only thing that works so far, is to extrude the ACAD plan's walls
and partitions into 3D solids inside AutoCAD before the 3DSOUT export
command is issued, but even so, I still have to relocate the model to
coordinates that the camera can see once brought into C3, a Zoom to
selected object will distort the camera view tremendously. Is there a
command or feature in C3 that can move selected object to the current
working box, or, move the camera to the selected object instead of
zooming the camera?
Otherwise I am just going to continue with my own method, by
using Lightwave to load a DXF or 3DS plan(2D), and scale it down to
the correct ratio. Then export it as an OBJ object, and load it in
C3, the OBJ will load directly inside the working box, or, at the
0,0,0 coordinates and has no triangulated polygons. This is the only
painless way for me I have found so far. Unless I am missing a lot.
But then again, I am still a newby with Carrara, so there is still
much to explore.
Thanks for all the help.
--- In Carrara@(protected), "kentcshum" <kentcshum@(protected)> wrote:
> I know that polylines won't do, I always explode them before
> exporting. Normal lines are fine, at least with Lightwave. I am
> going to try importing the file into Cinema 4D r6, since its free
> from many of those UK mags, and see how it handles it...
>
> I haven't tried importing lines into the Spline modeler? May be I
> should spend more time investigate.... But it looks like the only
> option is via the EPS format since ACAD cannot export AI files.
>
> Thanks for the time and help.
>
> Kent
>
> --- In Carrara@(protected), "pmiinalainen"
> <petteri.miinalainen@(protected)> wrote:
> > If you use polylines, they propably won't import. And not even
> > normal lines, i think.
> >
> > Here is why: Carrara is purely 3d app, whereas acad is also 2d.
If
> > you save lines as lines, there is no counterpart for them inside
> > carrara. I mean that you can't find lines anywhere inside
assembly
> > room. You can only import lines into spline modeler as cross-
> > sections and such.
> >
> > Many 3d importeres handle lines by ignoring them. Some convert
them
> > to something else...
> >
> > In theory, Carrara could import them into vertex modeler. In that
> > case, that model would be invisible inside assembly but lines
would
> > be there if you open the vertex object. There you could connect
the
> > open lines and fill them, extrude, etc. But this would of course
> > require reprogramming the importer.
> >
> > petteri
> >
> >
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