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Author Topic: AutoCAD  (Read 10376 times)

Aeth

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AutoCAD
« on: March 06, 2009, 04:55:23 am »
Alright, I've seen a couple of topics talking about being able to use .3ds files in both AutoCAD and Anim8or, and I remember seeing somewhere that there was a plug-in that would allow Anim8or to export or import (hopefully both) .dwg files, which are the standard drawing files for AutoCAD. Now, I have AutoCAD, and take classes for it as well, so you can imagine I'd be interested in this plug-in. Not to mention I'm a bit better in AutoCAD when it comes to modeling (YAY DYNAMIC INPUT). Has anyone seen this plug-in lying around?
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Raxx

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Re: AutoCAD
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2009, 10:28:57 pm »
I think the .dwg file format is binary, and currently Anim8or's scripting language doesn't support binary file import/export. It can only do ascii file export. So until Anim8or has this capability then we can't do anything with that format.
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dannywill

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Re: AutoCAD
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2009, 04:34:09 pm »
You can export objects in autocad to .3ds using the "3DSOUT" command.
Then just import into anim8or.

It is limited, I wanted to export a simple 2d line drawing.
As far as I'm aware this can't be done, only solids can be exported.

If anybody knows of a way to export 2d line drawings please let me know.

Thanks.
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Aeth

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Re: AutoCAD
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2009, 02:33:48 pm »
*sniffles* My hero....

you so just made my MONTH!
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dannywill

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Re: AutoCAD
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2009, 04:46:33 pm »
Just remember to let me know if you find a way of exporting flat objects.
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Aeth

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Re: AutoCAD
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2009, 11:12:16 pm »
you might could create the object as a 3-D figure, just set the accuracy on the drawing really high and make it the absolute minimum width you can. i'll see if i can get it to work your way though.
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jhelebrant

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Re: AutoCAD
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2009, 06:02:35 am »
As I know, you can export to dxf which is much better supported. I do not know now if Anim8or can load it, but there is an possibility to use Blender as convertor from DXF to 3DS or OBJ and then use it in Anim8or.
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Aeth

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Re: AutoCAD
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2009, 07:54:33 am »
i actually have blender, but I didn't spend much time on it, didn't like the interface. I'll go ahead and try it this way too.
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