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In case your client sent you a CAD file like as STP, IGES, or you received a CAD file from other people. We can use FreeCAD to convert CAD file into FBX or OBJ, then import into Blender. Here are the steps how we can do it, hope this helps. Watch here, https://cgian.com/stp-to-blender-uing-freecad/
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HI All I am a CAD developer working on a ViaCAD add-on to convert mesh data into precise NURBs. Some months ago, Andrew was kind enough to get me going with 3D-Coat as a solution to retopologize mesh data prior to NURB conversion. Combining the 3D-Coat Retopology tool with our Quad to NURB tool makes a significant difference in the resulting data. I'm now at the point where I could use more feedback on a workflow between 3D-Coat and ViaCAD Pro with my add-on. If you have an interest in proving feedback, I have a fully functionally beta for Windows and Mac users. http://www.masterviacad.com/powerpackoverview/ViaCADPro/index.html Below is a video of my understanding of a possible workflow that could use some feedback from expert users of 3D-Coat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rDQCxGaLZ8&feature=youtu.be Thanks Tim EvoSoft
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I'm just wanting to see if there already exists a tool or set of tools that will allow for precision hard surface modelling inside of 3D Coat? Something similiar to Sketch-up would be great, not sure if I have overlooked this somehow along the way so am asking here before I go and make a feature request for such a toolset in case it already exists. I found that working with Blender for hard surface is good, but lacks some critical points : - Units aren't always value based but are at times a scale factor which makes it very difficult to keep things precise. - There is no visual snapping so to get any Hard Surface object modeled, it requires a lot of extra work in re-typing various values for surface heights or lengths etc. Useful things Blender offered, Box surface rendering, non-destructive smooth surface modifiers. (using this combination anything that I was able to create had a ready-made smooth version and a retopo version good to bake which is a big time-saver.. sadly everythign that was created did not have 100% precision to it like a sketchup model has) there is another software that executes Cad very well .. Form-Z. Does 3D Coat have any tools that provide a workaround or similar toolset to this as well where you can add 2D plane shapes onto the surface of another shape and extrude outwards etc..? Hope this makes sense what I'm asking about.
