Hello everybody,
I’ve to build a 3D model compatible with Creo starting from very complex draw made in illustrator.
Of course i struggled days over the process but now seams working.
This is my process:
Importing the Illustrator draw via Ai file format
rebuilding the Crvs with the RebuildCrvNonUniform
culling the duplicated points (by GH)
creating a new crv from the culled points (by GH)
then FlowAlongSrf to wrap the extruded drawing on the shape.
Exporting the 3D in STEP file format.
I also discovered that breaking the shape in more smaller srfs with a short distance from the edge and the trim loop make the import in Creo more relailable.
Does make it sense from a mathematical point of view?
How’s in charge of the STEP file format? (maybe @chuck )
Hello - And, you find the smaller ones work better going to Creo, correct? It would be good to have an actual example file of a case that works better as smaller faces. My guess of the moment is there are are tangency issues, or possibly stacked control points or loops in the trim of the single surface.
Yes cutting it into smaller pieces reduces the “weakiness” of the import.
For me Creo is doing a kind of simplification while importing that some time it mess around the srfs creating weird twisted patch.
I can send you the file as private mail if you want
Hello - yes, thanks, please send me an example of a case that does not work well. If possible, also a file from Creo ( via Step, I suppose) of the bad and good results.