[vtkusers] Export 3D to use with SolidWorks or any other 3d Soft

David Gobbi david.gobbi at gmail.com
Mon May 9 19:06:18 EDT 2016


Why thanks?  I never even understood your question!

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 5:04 PM, Matias Montroull <matimontg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Gobbi, I finally got it working:
>
>  vtkSTLWriter exportador = vtkSTLWriter.New();
>             exportador.SetFileName("test.stl");
>             exportador.SetInputConnection(skinnormals.GetOutputPort());
>             exportador.Update();
>             exportador.Write();
>
> skinnormals is a vtkPolyDataNormals object that holds the data I wanted to
> export.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> El lun., 9 de may. de 2016 a la(s) 14:51, David Gobbi <
> david.gobbi at gmail.com> escribió:
>
>> Hi Matias,
>>
>> You can find a summary of VTK scene exporters here:
>> http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkExporter.html
>>
>> That said, I don't quite understand your post.  You say "3D image",
>> but generally, a 3D image is not something that would be held by a
>> vtkPolyDataMapper, nor is it something that SolidWorks could use.
>> What, exactly, is the data that you want to export?
>>
>>  - David
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Matias Montroull <matimontg at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm currently using VTK to display a 3D image in a RenderWindow.
>>>
>>> I also save in memory the 3D Image as Is there an easy way to export the
>>> image to a format that SolidWorks can read? (or any other format for other
>>> tools that can then export into SolidWorks).
>>> I currently have a  vtkPolyDataMapper that hold the image and I use an
>>> actor to display.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Matias.
>>> --
>>> Matias
>>>
>>
>> --
> Matias
>
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