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Author: zxyszxys Date: Apr 2, 2008 13:31
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..
On Mar 31, 7:06Â pm, Seth Renigar gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been asked to re-model a fairly complex, swoopy part that is
> currently modeled in Maya. Â Does anyone know if there any way to
> export this model from Maya to SolidWorks, so that I won't have to
> recreate everything? Â 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. Â I
> don't know of a way to import the native Maya files. Â But I know SW
> will import .iges, though not very reliably. Â 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
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