i tried to pull up the page but it was not found on server. --- Maurizio Ferrari <mferrari@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > phrostie wrote: > > > > awhile back some one on the list had posted a > comment about Varicad's iges > > import being only 2D. i was wondering and tested > a few others. > > > > i had a geodesic sphere that i had modeled in > Catia and exported to iges. > > i was using it as a test case and it also comes up > in 2D in not only Varicad > > but Rhino3D(Wine) also. i'd tested rhino before > and can export 3D geometry > > to iges and get a 3D model back. the same is also > true of the iges > > translator for catia. i think at least part of > the problem is > > incompatabliities between iges > versions/translators. > > > > just ramblings > > Iges import in Realsoft3D for Linux is good. > > If you want to see a picture of a Catia IGES > project, loaded in R3D for > Linux, and raytraced, click on > http://www.slot.it/eng/audi.html > > Regarding VariCAD, I think the problem lies in the > modelling kernel > limitations, as it does not support nurbs neither, > so far, 'circles as > circles' but rather uses 'approximations of circles > by segments'. Just > my thought. > > Regards > > Maurizio > > -- > Galileo Engineering > Via Zacchetti 6 > I-42100 Reggio Emilia > Ph/Fax +390522920496 > http://www.slot.it > > Slot.it is a trademark of Galileo Engineering > ===== phrostie Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of DOS and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings. http://pfrostie.freeservers.com/cad-tastrafy/ //www.freelists.org/webpage/cad-linux __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/