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SHASHIKUMAR. V asked Ben Wilson commented

Export from Flexsim ?

How can i Export Flexsim model into other 3D models ? like 3DS file, STEP, Sketchup, Solidworks etc.

Thanks for your help.

FlexSim 16.1.2
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This may not answer exactly what you are asking, but it is related.

UPDATE: @Sam Stubbs does a good job outlining the method below in a post already mentioned by @Jörg Vogel. Original answer continues below.

If there is a 3D shape or other digital asset saved into a FlexSim model, you can save it out again with the following command:

applicationcommand("byteblocktofile",node,"filename");

The node parameter is a reference to a node containing packed media.

The filename parameter is a path and filename designating where in your file system the digital asset should be saved.

For example, the attached FlexSim 2017 model has custom Pallet Jack shape packed in it:

palletjack.fsm

You can see where the binary data is stored within the model file, under the model's packedmedia object data node.

To export this .dae 3D shape out of FlexSim and save it as its own file, try the following in a script window from within the model:

applicationcommand(
	"byteblocktofile",
	node(">packedmedia/1/Pallet Jack.dae", model),
	concat(modeldir(), "PalletJack.dae")
);

This will save a new PalletJack.dae file in the same directory where your model is saved.


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SHASHIKUMAR. V avatar image SHASHIKUMAR. V commented ·

This is nice, Thank you very much.

Is it possible to export Conveyors that are already free builted inside the Flexsim software.

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Sorry, there is no way to do that. The conveyor geometry within FlexSim is dynamic - meaning it's not based on a 3D shape file, but rather on the inputs that the user has provided to create it. Then OpenGL is used to dynamically draw the shape.

FlexSim currently does not include the functionality to export dynamically generated, in-simulation shapes. You are welcome to request this feature.

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Joerg Vogel answered Joerg Vogel commented

Please look here. Or here.

In short you cannot do that.

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SHASHIKUMAR. V avatar image SHASHIKUMAR. V commented ·

Dear Jorg,

Thanks, But i am not understand this method,

Can you explain briefly.

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Joerg Vogel avatar image Joerg Vogel SHASHIKUMAR. V commented ·

You can build a 3D model in another CAD program with the shapes you used in Flexsim or out of the /fs3d file path in the directory of Flexsim. You haven't got any direct export method out of Flexsim directly.

Another approach could be the export of the 3D data of your graphic card. But I haven't found a suitable program to get this data.

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