Subject: Rotor housing dwg
From: Rotary Engine
Date: 4/22/2008, 9:08 AM
To: AAA Put this in the To box

 Larry Childs did a super accurate Mazda rotor housing dwg using Solid
 Works.
 I imported it into Rhino and rendered it.

 The step worked great Larry. No missing surfaces.
 >From now on we will use step.

 Thanks Larry. Beautiful work.
 -- Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

 Paul how big is the file? Could you post it?
 Bill Jepson

 I did but here it is again. It was zipped. Does your ISP do zip? :)

 You should stop up and see Larry.

 Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

 Paul,
 On the step file format, it works well for a single part, but if the
 file is
 an assembly of parts, it combines them into a single part that cannot
be
 taken apart. I think assemblies will have to be done as iges still.
 Larry

 Rhino can explode it into 1393 surfaces and rejoin it if you wish.
 Your using the wrong 3D dwg program. Just kidding :)

 What we can do is; if it is an assemble of parts is, step
 the parts individually so to speak.
 --
 Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

Worked just fine for me into SW2007. Parasolids however work the best
since SW and Mastercam kernals are built around this file type from what
I read. Anytime I send anything to machine shop parasolids always work
best.

Rob Woods

Rob,
The only problem is Rhino can't read a parasolid (rats!), so Paul and I
have
been working on getting a clean transfer between Solid Works and Rhino.
Lots
of issues with handling fillets or complex surfaces.
Larry

I made a wider rotor housings out of two of your step surfaces Larry :)

-- Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

Solidworks has a direct Rhino input translator now, so i assume that you
talking about SolidWorks to Rhino right?
Bill Jepson

We have not tried that yet Bill. We tried Rhino igs solids and surfaces
and upped the rez
to .00001 exported but Rhino dwgs come across in SW with surfaces missing.
Same thing happens when SW exports igs to Rhino.

SW step works great in Rhino.
I have not sent a Rhino step to SW yet.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

SolidWorks since 2006 has had a translator for a direct import of Rhino
solids to SolidWorks.
Since I work in SolidWorks I have never had to use it. I would assume
that it translates a standard parasolid.
Bill Jepson


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