[Shane1234]

can anyone here convert dae or skp files to solidworks/mastercam friendly files? if so, i have found a few 3d penny files in dae & skp format. I only have autocad light, so the converter for it wont work on these files to convert them to 3ds.....

here is a dae file in the zip.....
the zip labeled as pennyskp is the skp file.....

[Larry83301]

can anyone here convert dae or skp files to solidworks/mastercam friendly files? if so, i have found a few 3d penny files in dae & skp format. I only have autocad light, so the converter for it wont work on these files to convert them to 3ds.....

here is a dae file in the zip.....
the zip labeled as pennyskp is the skp file.....

Here's a FREE program that should help. It will import both formats and export .3ds among many others. Go here " blender.org - Home " and see if it's what you want.

Larry

[Shane1234]

Here's a FREE program that should help. It will import both formats and export .3ds among many others. Go here " blender.org - Home " and see if it's what you want.

Larry

thanks larry, will give it a shot and see if it works. appreciate the help!

[WoodSpinner]

can anyone here convert dae or skp files to solidworks/mastercam friendly files? if so, i have found a few 3d penny files in dae & skp format. I only have autocad light, so the converter for it wont work on these files to convert them to 3ds.....

here is a dae file in the zip.....
the zip labeled as pennyskp is the skp file.....

the sketchup penny is smooth sided with an image of a penny pasted on the surface....wont extract as anything but a slug as stl..

sorry
John

[Shane1234]

the sketchup penny is smooth sided with an image of a penny pasted on the surface....wont extract as anything but a slug as stl..

sorry
John

thanks john. Im beating my head on this blender program, i can only import the collada files (dae). even then, when i export to stl or 3ds, an image isnt showing up..... lemme try a couple more sketchup files......

[Shane1234]

yeah, blender isnt helping much, when i import it, it shows nothing, so exporting is also showing nothing, yet its in the file according to john..... urking my noodle, lol.....

[Switcher]

See if you can find a copy of "VSO Image Resizer"
you can change size and format in one step.

Grandpa Bill

I just looked at the software "VSO Image Resizer", all I see is a raster image resizer which won't help resize vector images inside Inkscape, the scale would still be off.

[WoodSpinner]

yeah, blender isnt helping much, when i import it, it shows nothing, so exporting is also showing nothing, yet its in the file according to john..... urking my noodle, lol.....

I didnt go thru all of your files, but the ones I did go thru are all smooth slugs, with images of coins pasted on them, no 3d effects at all

[Shane1234]

thanks for the help

[The Inventor]

I just looked at the software "VSO Image Resizer", all I see is a raster image resizer which won't help resize vector images inside Inkscape, the scale would still be off.

Now I'm confused???? (Which is normal for me)
Inkscape exports in png --- is that raster or vector?
Better yet which extensions are which?

I 'think' I've use VSO on every format -- png/bmp/jpg/gif

Straighten me out Switcher.

Grandpa Bill

[The Inventor]

yeah, blender isnt helping much, when i import it, it shows nothing, so exporting is also showing nothing, yet its in the file according to john..... urking my noodle, lol.....

Shane,
Here's a video tutorial using Inkscape and Blender.
This might give you some ideas.
Inkscape and Blender

[Shane1234]

thanks bill!

[djt]

Hello gentlemen,
I would ask for help.
You need to convert an image to DXF format.
thank you

Sincerely,
Tomino

[The Inventor]

Hey Switcher,

Loaded in a jpg about 320x200 then every time I try and
save it as a dxf I get this error and it doesn't show up in
any of my cad programs.


Traceback (most recent call last):

File "mydxf_outlines.py", line 110, in <module>
e.affect()

File "E:\Inkscape\share\extensions\inkex.py", line 215, in affect
self.effect()

File "mydxf_outlines.py", line 81, in effect
h = inkex.unittouu(self.document.getroot().xpath('@hei ght',inkex.NSS)[0])

File "lxml.etree.pyx", line 1308, in lxml.etree._Element.xpath (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:36829)

TypeError: xpath() takes exactly 1 positional argument (2 given)

What do I have to do to fix this? (Reinstall your plugin?)

Grandpa Bill

[kiwichris]

Loaded in a jpg about 320x200 then every time I try and
save it as a dxf I get this error and it doesn't show up in
any of my cad programs.

Did you use the trace before doing the save as?

[Lake Cruiser]

Thanks for the response guys. I have figured out that I need to do a lot of studying on this CNC thing. Building the machine was the EASY part. Finished my Z axis last night and tinkered with Cut2D. Long way to go for me.
Looks like it's, CAD it, Image it, Scale it, CAD it, Tool path it, G-code it then CNC it. I hope that I dont bug you guys too much, but one day maybe I will be helping Newbies.

[lukewarm]

Hello gentlemen,
I would ask for help.
You need to convert an image to DXF format.
thank you

Sincerely,
Tomino

Does this help you out any?

[The Inventor]

Did you use the trace before doing the save as?

DDDDAAAAHHHH..... NO!
dumb guy...dumb guy..... brain dead old guy!!!
(chair) :withstupi
Thanks
Grandpa Bill

[kiwichris]

DDDDAAAAHHHH..... NO!
dumb guy...dumb guy..... brain dead old guy!!!
(chair) :withstupi

Nah, you're far from dumb if you're able to ask the question and move on.

That's learning.... :cheers:

[The Inventor]

Nah, you're far from dumb if you're able to ask the question and move on.

That's learning.... :cheers:

Dumb question part 2

Did the trace and it looks good
Saved as a png --- it looks good
Saved as a dxf --- Same errors and a zero bit file.

Teach me some more.... P-L-E-A-S-E!
(This is what I get for not use it in over a year.... I
can't remember last week! )

Grandpa Bill