[Paraview] Pv as 3D file format converter

[Ben Harrison]

Hello,
It's been two days with no response. Have I asked this in the wrong forum?

Ben


2009/7/22 Ben Harrison <ben.harrison at liquidmesh.com>

> Hi,
> I want to ask the opinion of experienced users before I begin using
> Paraview. I am already using two other 3D modelling packages for very
> different purposes, and need a way to pass files between them. The list of
> available export file formats from the first modelling package is quite
> short, and the list of import file formats for the second is also very
> short. Currently we are able to use 2D DXF, but not 3D DXF. Instead, I have
> had some success with STL as an interchange format for 3D files. I need to
> at the least convert surface meshes to STL from either DXF, or TSURF (GoCad:
> pdgm.com).
>
> It seems to me on first look that Paraview might be a good front-end for
> the vtk library, which I think can do the file conversions I need. So I
> would like to know if it would be worthwhile to use Paraview for converting
> my files? Am I on the right track?
>
> I'm not familiar with Python, but I'm not shy of learning some new skills.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
>
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