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I want to marry ISDX/Style - Pro/E Guitar

fhodshon

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i've been fighting guitar neck volutes for a while now.


finally got the nerve up to learn ISDX.


SAVED MY LIFE!





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See my guitar - You have it in models download section :)

I have do complicated stuff than you last year :)



Ok - I only want comments :) Download it and tell me what you think :) Maybe
you will - or I learn something :)
 
nice. i spend more time on capturing shapes than the mechanical components.


my clients need this more than hardware.


thanks for sharing!!!


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Edited by: fhodshon
 
what kind of problems?


the rendering with the green tile is before i started using ISDX. plus, i used an STL conversion to export into my rendering program. so, what you may be seeing is a result of the triangulation.


the screen grab of pro/e is with ISDX features. curve and surface anal looked good.





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Edited by: fhodshon
 
i take no offense at all!!!


i appreciate any and all comments.


this particular project is to document a builders existing product line. he sent me a body and neck to use for my modeling.


i agree, sharp corners are a big no-no.


this model is currently a work in progress. so, a lot of final detail hasn't been done yet.


i was just excited about ISDX and how friendly it is with creating curvature level connections.





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Now I am using WF 2 - Much more improvements than in WF 1
and ProE 2001 - Now you have much more control of those "non controllable"
stuff :) I love it -

I have doubts that WF 2 is makeup - but - I was wrong - He is much more stable,
much more powerful, with several new great features - But - now I must find a
way to implement those in my work - I will lose myself in those huge amount on
possible techniques for work :)
 
Maya and Alias Studio sure do rule.


I agree, file exchange between Pro/E and the A/W apps are hard to beat.


I've struggled with Pro/E to STL to 3DS to MAX for years. Always with smoothing challenges.


BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There's a new converter in town called NPower Translator:


http://www.npowersoftware.com/trans/trans.html


A plugin importer/exporter that brings IGES files into MAX PERFECTLY. i've used the demo a few times and i love it. will buy soon!


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I use polytrans, as it was the first developed exclusively to take
Pro/E slp to Lightwave. It also supports HUGE IGES files, and will
optimize the geometry and help retain heirarchy to the rendering apps.





fhodshon said:
Maya and Alias Studio sure do rule.


I agree, file exchange between Pro/E and the A/W apps are hard to beat.


I've struggled with Pro/E to STL to 3DS to MAX for years. Always with smoothing challenges.


BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There's a new converter in town called NPower Translator:


http://www.npowersoftware.com/trans/trans.html


A plugin importer/exporter that brings IGES files into MAX
PERFECTLY. i've used the demo a few times and i love it. will buy soon!


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Iges are absolute - for me - When I export some very rounder
surfaces or objects (parts) I get "gaps" - space between surfaces.
Obj is already in ProE - and I don
 

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