From: Ralf-S
...because we know: In the CAD environment (battlefield), we can not have enough data/file converter ;-)
CAD Exchanger
http://www.cadexchanger.com/formats.html
Import & Export
IGES
STEP
ACIS-SAT
STL
BRep
(VRML -> Export)
Supported formats currently include IGES, STEP, ACIS-SAT, STL, VRML and BRep.
However, this is only a beginning and more formats (including X3D, Parasolid XT, Rhino Open NURBS, JT, and others) are underway.
From: BurrMan
Looks very promising ralf.
From: Micha
What will be the price? JT translators can be quite expensive.
From: Ralf-S
The price will be:
> Hello Ralf,
> Thank you for your interest in CAD Exchanger.
> At this point, GUI and CLI (Command Line Interface) applications are available for free download.
> The final pricing policy has not been defined yet, but we consider even going for free.
> Anyway the major revenue stream is SDK licenses, so that should be fine.
> If you have any particular interest please let me know....
From: Orhan
Hi,
i need a cad-converter for stp-files to obj for Cinema 4D.
I read the information about moi3d and CAD Exchanger.
But i dont know which is better for me.
Which one do you prefer or suggest?
best regards
From: Michael Gibson
Hi Orhan, you'll get the best information if you test each one yourself. You can get the MoI v3 30-day trial version from the downloads section of
http://moi3d.com . There are a lot of improvements coming for MoI v4 though which will be out before the end of this year. V3 does have the ability to generate high quality n-gon meshes instead of only triangle meshes though. Test it by opening up your stp file and then doing a SaveAs to .obj format, then load the .obj file into Cinema4D.
- Michael
From: Orhan
Hi Michael,
thank you for your fast answer. The "generate high quality n-gon meshes isntead of only triangle meshes.." sounds good,
because often triangle polygons bring problems. In moi3d you can edit how much polyons / quality of the mesh you need?
I tried the v3 version before for a short time, but the trial version is ended before i could test it much.
If i buy the v3 now, get i the v4 in the next months?
best regards
Orhan
From: Michael Gibson
Hi Orhan,
> In moi3d you can edit how much polyons / quality of the mesh you need?
Yes, you can adjust a slider to make either a higher density or lower density mesh, the controls are described here:
http://moi3d.com/3.0/docs/moi_command_reference11.htm#meshdialog
> I tried the v3 version before for a short time, but the trial version is ended
> before i could test it much.
If you e-mail me at
moi@moi3d.com I can get you a new 30 day trial set up.
> If i buy the v3 now, get i the v4 in the next months?
I'm sorry I don't know yet - when v4 is released there will be an automatic update available for people who purchased v3 within a couple of months or so before the final release but that will be retroactive from the final release and I don't have a final release date set yet. We could be a little bit outside that grace period right now.
You would be able to use the v4 beta release right away though.
- Michael
From: Orhan
Hi Michael,
cool. That would be great!!!
Thank you very much!
best regards
Orhan
From: Orhan
Hi Michael,
i have tested moi3d and compared with other CAD software.
And moi3d is very good and user-friendly. Above all the option "export n-gons" with various density mesh (low/high polygons).
The exported .obj files are qualitative well for Cinema 4D.
I can recommend it for Cinema 4D User!!! :)
Thank you.
Best regards
Orhan
From: pafurijaz
Here a great app for Windows, macOS, Apple IOS & Android OS A viewer and converter for 3D #CAD files: STEP, IGES, BREP, STL, PLY, OBJ, glTF, JT
https://www.opencascade.com/content/cad-assistant