Hello all,
plese somebody explain.
Find this 3dm file (of a gemstone) attached. Can open and see geometry in Rhino, but cannot see object in MOI.
Any explanation?
Thank you,
Rudy

Hi Rudy, it's because the object in the file is a polygon mesh object and not a NURBS object.

Rhino can store a variety of different kinds of data in a 3DM file, like NURBS, polygon meshes, dimensions and annotation text, spotlights, etc... but MoI only loads any NURBS objects it finds in the 3DM file and skips over the other kinds of objects that it does not currently deal with.

If you look at the object properties in Rhino for that object (or use the "What" command), you'll see it says that it says "Object type: Mesh".


For something like this that does not have a whole lot of faces on it, you can actually turn it into a NURBS object in Rhino by using the "MeshToNurb" command, which will make a trimmed NURBS plane for every polygon in the mesh. Then that converted object is possible to load into MoI.

- Michael

Thank you Michael!
I really appreciate all your time spent to explain me.
Best,
Rudy

Hi Rudy,


Here is a collection of 3dm gemstones you can use in MoI.

http://www.divshare.com/download/718753-487


Jesse

Thank you Jesse,
really appreciate it.
Rudy

You're welcome Rudy...

The gemstones in that collection are for the most part, unconventional in shape.

If you are looking for some standard shaped 3dm stones, you can also download
Jewelslab Light, which has a good library of stones and other 3dm jewelry
components for Rhino that you can import into Moi. You have to register before
you can download. Google Translate will help with that. :-)

http://www.jewelslab.com/

Jesse

Thanks Jesse fot that site.

I will post it in an other/ new thread.