I know this has been discussed to death - I just want to rant a bit. :slight_smile: PLEASE - dear Trimble - give us an easy, straight forward way to export Blocky type Geometry into DWG & STP Solids. Real solids. Not triangulated-Mesh-Somethings. I feel that there should be a way. Like if you can g…

I don’t have AutoCad but Autodesk DWG TrueView 2021 doesn’t triangulate the faces so it has probably been done by the Rhino importer. All your wall components are not SketchUp Solids. I forget the exact workflow, but I seem to remember being able to see SketchUp solids as ACIS solids in AutoCad. Fa…

[image] napperkt: I will need to redraw EVERYTHING in SolidWorks now to generate proper STEP files that the STEP->CNC converter can use. I seem to recall Fusion360 has a tool to convert/clean imported .skp to something .STEP/CNC will play nice with. It is limited and may need some small “han…

I agree. Step files are a standard now and it’s about time Trimble… step up their game and provide native export. :wink: I couldn’t care less for the reasons and technical details about nurbs or other types of bowel noises (so don’t bother, and no, STL and OBJ aren’t good enough), so just get it d…

[image] stephane.vanden: so don’t bother I’m pretty sure no one will.

[image] stephane.vanden: Step files are a standard now [image] stephane.vanden: so don’t bother Couldn’t help: In CAM, somewhat. It is a solid format. SketchUp is a face modeller. About being “standard”: I have been doing CAD and 3D modelling now for 37 years, and I have never had to…

[image] stephane.vanden: so just get it done already. Like @Anssi I’ve never once been required or even asked to supply a STEP file. Whether or not they add this as an export option, though, it’s pretty clear it’ll never be added to the version you are using. [Screenshot - 4_28_2023 , 2_05_2…

Not everyone uses it just for architecture. :wink:

Yes. I rarely use it for architecture.

For information - and future traçability - Stephane opened a thread about step files here. [image] STP Step format export ->When? Feature Requests Squeaky wheel gets the grease… well, it’s been squeaking for almost a decade. Okay, so when can we expect native Step (.stp)…

Hey, what a coincidence, I work in CAM too! :metal: Since we both work in CAM we both know the file formats of choice for job setup and toolpath generation are STEP and IGES (but STEP is widely preferred). So naturally that’s also the file formats we exchange with customers and providers. I don’t…

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For information - and future traçability - Stephane opened a thread about step files here.

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