Heya Folks, I’m going to be doing a few shots on a film soon with a car crash in it. They’ve gotten two cars from the manufacturers so they’re definitely on side, so I’m going to try and get some cad plans of the car rather than getting it scanned which won’t get me any of the headlight detail. I’v…

Well, I would go for trying to get STP files and using the new importer in Max2016. It has been THE BEST solution I have used to date, so about 5 years of importing engineering data. The problem will be the export quality from client/engineering program. Some programs export MUCH better than others…

Hi John, It all depends on who the manufacturers are. Pretty much all the big OEMs these days have somebody that prepares all their CAD data into polies for them, and then sends that out to all the suppliers that need it. In my experience, it’s usually RTT, or 3DExcite as they’re now known, and th…

Much appreciated folks - Step seems like a good base since we’ll have max 2016, Rhino or showcase would likely be options too within the budget. We’ve requested some step files from the manufacturer, lets see what they come back with. Thanks for the effort and insight.

If you’ve not worked with CAD engineering data before, be prepared to get a bit of a shock… and lots of work to clean it up for your needs

[image] La Maison de Verre In my experience, it’s usually RTT, or 3DExcite as they’re now known, and they usually send out Maya files Oh dear, worst case scenario :smile: In the last months, I have been getting a lot of crap from that company.

Hey John, You got the exterior part scanned and for the headlight maybe can try using VRED (30 day full trial) to tessellate and export FBX. We have been exporting data from VRED to Maya this way without much trouble.

Yeah most of the files you get from RTT are just horrible. But I have the feeling they’re doing it on purpose, since they always seem salty when they don’t handle the cg side of things. >.> @Donald2B Thanks for the info. Didn’t know that thew importer in 2016 was any good.

Max also imports native Catia files, so if the car manufacturer has them, so no transfer to step or iges loss. Previous to Max2016 imports as BodyObject. Extra conversion work is needed, but feasible.

hmm, this is interesting as most car manufactures will model up in Catia/iCemsurf/solidworks (Or they used to) - if they are kosher giving a native format then it should be at its cleanest but as mentioned you may have to work it through a middle prog like Rhino, i did it a few years back (Pro-E> R…

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Oh dear, worst case scenario
In the last months, I have been getting a lot of crap from that company.

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