Hey Tom,

I have to ask... what are you doing going from Artcam to MoI?

You say you're doing text work in AC. I know AC does text on curve and all the good stuff like that. Maybe you could export your AC vector work as an EPS and then open it in MoI for the 3d work. Then just save it in MoI as a 3ds, open it in AC, toolpath it, and go.

Thats just an idea for you anyway, i know I dont have the whole picture. :-)

-Nick

Hi Tom,

You can copy the vertex points from Rhino to Moi with copy/paste.

Hi Tom,

I also work with MoI and ArtCAM. I try to use each program for their strengths. Rather than bring a model from ArtCAM into MoI, if I see an advantage in designing a particular model in MoI, I'll do the design work that MoI is adept at first, then export an STL to ArtCAM to do things like arraying lettering around a curve or surface texturing.

It may be a personal preference, but I also find it easier to draw 2D artwork or trace an image in MoI and then export an .AI file to A.C. where it can then be given 2.5d dimension.

ArtCAM can export OBJ's and STL's but as Michael pointed out, the advantages of bringing an STL model into a program like MoI or Rhino are really pretty minimal since there isn't much you can do with an STL in a NURBS program.

-Jesse

You have a great idea, thanks for the help :)
Tom