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the.drizzle
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 Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 11:58 pm Post subject: parasolid converter for brl-cad |
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Hiya!
OK, I received some parasolid files recently, and want to view them in BRL-CAD. According to the documentation, this should be possible by way of the fact that a converter exists (ug-g), but it has a catch to it. In particular, the documentation states that:
| Quote: | | Because the Unigraphics-to-BRL-CAD converter, ug-g, was written using the Unigraphics UG/Open API library, users must have a Unigraphics UG/Open execute or development license in order to run it. This converter is compiled for SGI Irix machines running on MIPS processors; however, users can compile it for other platforms by obtaining the BRL-CAD source distribution and a UG/Open development license from Unigraphics. |
In a nutshell, what does this mean? Where / how might I obtain such a licence? The BRL-CAD distribution seems to include the source code for this program (/usr/portage/distfiles/cvs-src/brlcad/src/external/Unigraphics/ug-g.c), but how can I compile it?
Thanks in advance for any help, I'm stumped.
Cheers!
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brlcad
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| Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: parasolid converter for brl-cad |
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| the.drizzle wrote: | Hiya!
In a nutshell, what does this mean? Where / how might I obtain such a licence? The BRL-CAD distribution seems to include the source code for this program (/usr/portage/distfiles/cvs-src/brlcad/src/external/Unigraphics/ug-g.c), but how can I compile it?
Thanks in advance for any help, I'm stumped.
Cheers! |
Apologies reviving such an old inquiry, but since nobody responded to you..
In a nutshell, it means you're out-of-luck unless you want to pay for a Unigraphics developer license (which isn't cheap). The best way to import a parasolid file depends on what you intend to do with it once imported, but you basically use a different importer. If you merely want to visualize the model, I'd suggest importing via the 3DM or IGES formats (3dm-g and iges-g respectively). Beyond visualization, you'll want to import using OBJ, DXF, or STL though those will likely convert your representation to a polygonal format.
Cheers!
Sean |
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