stl export and plugin to see size of object

[Doeke Wartena]

Is there any FREE plugin to export to stl format?

And is there any plugin to see the size of objects in softimage.

By that i mean the width, height and depth of an object.

I know the story of softimage units is whatever unit you want it to be, but this isn't really helping if you can't see it. And counting the grid is kinda time consuming.

hope service pack 1 will bring this :)

[Vladimir Jankijevic]

here is a plugin I wrote that you can use. It's all in python so there should not be any problems with it. You'll find it under File->Export->Export STL. Exporting through the menu allows only for binary STLs but the command itself has a switch to export in ascii format too. 

hope this helps

cheers

vladimir

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[Alan Fregtman]

Just download MeshLab, (it's free and opensource) http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/

It can import OBJs.

Here's a tutorial about using MeshLab to figure out and adjust scaling for a 3D print:

http://www.shapeways.com/tutorials/how_to_use_meshlab_and_netfabb

When you figure out how much a 1x1x1 Softimage cube is in real units according to MeshLab, let us know! :)

On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Doeke Wartena <clank...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Alok]

This simple script will also work for finding width, height and depth, of the bounding box of course:

ret = Application.GetBBox(Application.Selection(0))
print 'Width: %s' % (ret('UpperBoundX') - ret('LowerBoundX'))
print 'Height: %s' % (ret('UpperBoundY') - ret('LowerBoundY'))
print 'Depth: %s' % (ret('UpperBoundZ') - ret('LowerBoundZ'))

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[Doeke Wartena]

I know that if i make something up in illustrator in mm and export eps. Then i have to scale it later with 0.70844 to keep the size correct.

Would it be hard to program a property window in softimage that shows the width/height/depth?

2013/4/23 Alok <alok....@modusfx.com>

[Martin]

I wrote this tool a few months ago, it will give you the bounding box and some scaling options

https://vimeo.com/47172295

https://vimeo.com/40503511

M.Yara

[Doeke Wartena]

thanks, i will try it soon.

2013/4/23 Martin <furi...@gmail.com>