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columbiarch
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 Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:14 am Post subject: Rhino to AutoCAD question |
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Hello everyone,
I have a Rhino landscape topography converted to AutoCAD. (I have ACAD 2007.) The mesh lines are there, but do not appear as surfaces in ACAD. Is there a way to convert these to surfaces? I am trying to re-draw them with 3dmesh using the existing vertices, but this is difficult with irregularly shaped areas. Any ideas out there?
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Antisthenes
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:03 am Post subject: |
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use ACISout and ACISin
SAT file format saved out of Rhinoceros
why are you even using mesh?
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columbiarch
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:37 am Post subject: |
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| Antisthenes---I do not have Rhino--only a Rhino file saved as .dwg from CD. Am trying to do an animated walk-through of a landscaped area in ACAD. The buildings are there, but the landscape is only lines. Am thinking this is impossible and am wondering if a "mesh to solid" software is necessary, since I need to attach materials (grass/paving) to something and the mesh lines from Rhino are unusable as is....i.e. I would create a series of meshes, convert to solid and "union" them. Is this clear or am I leaving something out? Thanks for your input. |
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Antisthenes
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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Rhinoceros is free, download it 25 saves full function
i am not seeing it maybe you can do a screen capture?
do you have the 3dm file? was it all created in Rhinoceros?
or do you only have topo lines that are segmented like a dxf?
there is a terrain modeling plugin ' terrian'
have you considered using rhinoceros w/ or w/o bongo for the walk/fly thru?
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columbiarch
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:10 am Post subject: |
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| Antisthenes----Thank you for the info on "terrain"---I am looking into it and think it might be the best solution. How do you get free Rhino? Yes, I believe this was created in Rhino, but I would rather not spend the time right now learning a whole new program...that's for another day. See attachment---it is a jpeg of a small portion of the model showing green lines--they are actually splines--of a gently undulating grassy area. I think using "terrain" to turn this back into a mesh which could be rendered would be the best solution, since it is the inability to render this model in ACAD that is giving me problems. |
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Antisthenes
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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if you know acad you will know rhino in 2 days time it has the most shallow learning curve and also the most powerful creation features, scripting, and plugins not to mention the 24/7 support.
what i do is the stepped topo look
good luck what ever you do to get your desired result
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columbiarch
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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| I have ordered a 30-day trial version of Rhino (with Bongo) and will try it out. Thank you again for all your ideas! |
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Antisthenes
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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np or you could just download it...
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JonBailey
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:03 am Post subject: |
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why is it necessary for you to go from rhino to cad?
adt might be required to show a surface in cad
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