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3D drawings

Can anyone recommend software to take a 3D drawing and convert the objects into smaller files we can use in Flexsim? We have tried inventor with no luck. We have a lot of drawings from vendors and so far have not been able to successfully use in flexsim due to size/complexity of the files.

FlexSim 22.1.3
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Jacob W2 avatar image Jacob W2 ♦ commented ·

Hi @Amy M3,

Here is a link to some documentation that goes over importing new 3d shapes into FlexSim.

https://docs.flexsim.com/en/22.2/Using3DObjects/CreatingCustomObjectsAnimations/CreatingCustomObjects/CreatingCustomObjects.html

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@Amy M3 Most important is to remove everything you don't see. usually the vendors make complex drawing with everything in there. But for instance if you look at a forklift truck, you don't see the engine, how the wheel is constructed etc. You see the body and the wheels, so everything else underneath the body can be removed.

Other solution would be a polygon reducer. In the past I have heard some good stories about polytrans being able to reduce the size of a file. You can specify with what percentage you want to decrease your file and it takes away polygons. So you can define at what level you find it acceptable.


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thanks, i will check that out.


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Was hoping to hear how others were doing it, what software is useful

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Joerg Vogel avatar image Joerg Vogel commented ·
If you have still access to the creation tool, you can try to make a mock-up of the outer surfaces of the digital data. Another approach would be to export the data into a different format like stl and control the angle and shortest segment length to reduce the accuracy.
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Jeanette F avatar image Jeanette F ♦♦ Joerg Vogel commented ·
Hello @Amy M3, Would you like us to leave this question without an accepted answer and we close out this question on our side or can an answer be accepted that you found helpful?
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Amy M3 avatar image Amy M3 Jeanette F ♦♦ commented ·
I don't have access to the creation software. Was looking for software options other flexsim users are using to do this.


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