Hi Michael....

I open MoI 3dm directly in solidworks 2008, then render in photoview 360 which can open solidworks file directly. As I posted before, the import result has some error surfaces.

Hi Anis, yes there appears to be some trimming curve problems in 3 of the small surfaces in the object.

If you export to a polygon format, the polygon mesh will have some errors in those areas, but they are so tiny you won't see them unless you zoom in super close to that particular spot on the model inside of one of those tiny grooves.

But when importing the Solids information, it looks like SolidWorks is more sensitive to those errors and will leave out the larger surfaces adjacent to the areas with trim curve problems as well.

So you will get a better render result in this particular case if you export to a mesh format like .obj instead.

- Michael

Hi Friends
Thanks to all for the shown interest
I am still a beginner in the use of rendering -
al

And some quick rendering in Carrara (6Pro).
Brian

Brian, it looks like you are missing surfaces. Did you export from MoI? or you imported the 3DM to Carrara? I always had problems with Carrara's mesher...

jonah

mmm... Photoview 360 (aka Modo via Solidworks) :P How do you like it so far? Have you used modo before? How does it compare in speed/handling of dense meshes?

jonah

Al - Rendering is not that difficult, really. Just takes a little practice to learn what techniques are effective or not. Don't be afraid to ask some questions. People are here to be used. I think we actually enjoy it... :)

jonah

Jonah
Carrara did not like the 3dm file at all. One of those exercises where no screen image. and a huge minus size.(3dm files from MoI usually are fine)

I took the 3dm into MoI and saved out as an .obj. A couple of funny things but not serious enough to worry about just for this bit of rendering fun.

Brian