STATIC MESH ENABLER INNVENTOR 2017 UPDATE
Keep in mind I believe it keeps as a default when you change that and you may have to go back and return it to whatever units you normally save in. The Mesh Enabler started out as a technology preview of an add-on for Autodesk Inventor.As shipped, Autodesk Inventor creates mesh features when you import mesh data from certain file formats.Meshmixer 3.5 (April 17, 2018) Bug fixes: removed update notification Meshmixer 3.4 (January 15, 2018) added ViewCube See for more information. stl file single select the file you want to open so it is highlighted and down at the bottom there is an Options button, click that and it opens a window, under Units there is an Import Units button, switch that to mm or in depending on how your file was saved out originally. Evan, What I did is when you go to open your. Keep in mind I believe it keeps as a default when you change that and you may have to go back and return it to whatever units you normally save in. stl was open, I click on the part, then right click, select Convert to Base Feature, I selected output to solid, OK and it was done and worked correctly.Įvan, What I did is when you go to open your. stl came in fine and matched what the customer had. So it sees the 12 as the value and the import doesn't know or care what it is but as soon as I changed my import option to mm the. The customer exported in mm and I imported in inch. I opened a customer model and it looked correct until I made a measurement and it was 12" the real measurement was 0.473 or 12mm. stl file (inch or mm) when opening the file and change it in your options to match before opening it to keep it at the correct values. But when I selected 'Convert into solid'. Make sure you know what your units are of the. Hello, I am working on the project that requires to use mesh enabler to convert the meshed part into a solid. This next comment doesn't really have anything to do with how the Mesh Enabler works other than how you import then use the Enabler: Which is allows to import of much more data with more information to Inventor.Seems to work fine now after Rocky fixed it up. Use a different extension to collaborate About Importing Files from other CAD Systemsįrom version 2021 there is a link between Revit and Inventor data with An圜AD for seamless interoperability. Autodesk does not recommend the use of one over another, nor guarantee their successful operation. These 3rd party converters can be found on the Internet. Then import it into Inventor as a surface, stitch it, and convert it to solid, or work with the imported surfaces. Use 3rd party converters There are also 3rd party products that you can use to convert the STL file to a different format. Open the produced SAT or DWG file in Inventor, then stitch and convert to solid as needed.(This operation can also take a long time.) STL) to editable B-Rep feature objects (for Inventor 2022-2016, subsc.) 6. Once the file has been imported, choose Export and select the file type *.SAT or *.DWG. Inventor, HSM, Fusion 360, Factory, Alias Inventor Mesh Enabler - convert 3D meshes (e.g.(This operation can take a long time, depending on the model's size and complexity.) Mesh Enabler | Inventor | Autodesk App Store Use 3ds Max to convert STL files to other formats You can also use 3ds Max to import the STL mesh and then export it to SAT or DWG format, which can later be imported into Inventor: