I have recently just realised that Rhino can export SAT files but unable to import SAT files. Is this correct? Or am I missing something?
Hi @yongsiang,
No, you are not missing anything. Here are a few options:
https://www.food4rhino.com/browse?searchText=parasolid&form_build_count=1
– Dale
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Hi @dale,
Thanks for clarification and the quick response!
A bit older topic but: for a free solution, there is FreeCAD workbench which can import SAT to FreeCAD. From there, one can export to .dwg and import the .dwg to Rhino.
SAT → New DWG in AutoCAD → Import SAT → Save as DWG → Open DWG in Rhino
Why can Rhino export SAT, but not import it ?
Seems silly
Hi @osuire,
Years ago, we had a summer intern write the SAT exporter based on an old, publicly available SAT file spec. If I recall, the goal was to get Rhino solids into AutoCAD (ACISIN).
I don’t recall why we didn’t write an importer. It would have been limited to the old public spec. So probably not very useful.
But users today have 3rd party options.
– Dale
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Yes, there’s also a lot of others CAD products.