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OBJ file to a solid

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 03:18:06 GMT

How do I make this obj.file a solid part in inventor after its imported?

Re: OBJ file to a solid

jhackney1972 — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 19:01:00 GMT

You can download and install the Mesh Enabler from the Autodesk App Store if you are on subscription. With this install and enabled in the Add-Ins manager, it will convert your imported OBJ file to a solid.

Re: OBJ file to a solid

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 20:01:31 GMT

Thanks, Is there a way to fix the mesh so I can split it in to and create various extrusions based on the model?

Re: OBJ file to a solid

jhackney1972 — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 22:24:37 GMT

The mesh is very irregular and I am not having much luck with it as a solid. I will have to pass on giving you any help in this area.

Re: OBJ file to a solid

WHolzwarth — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:26:07 GMT

Ok, Mesh Enabler does it's job with this rather simple case.

But the general problem is: Even if a mesh can be converted to a solid, it's outer surfaces still consist of thousands of tiny planar faces. Large file size and bad response times come along.

In this case I created a substitute revolved part, after some trials. There's been an intersection in the profile; I only found it after some partly revolutions. In the end I deleted intermediate bodies, but the file size still was big, because of hidden geometry in the file.

A STEPOut-STEPIn brought back acceptable file size.

2019 files attached. Additional clean-up is possible, resulting in less overall faces.

Re: OBJ file to a solid

patrik.hlebec.stor — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 13:55:48 GMT

Is there a way to retain face color data? I imported a posed person and he is now all gray.

Is there another way to import from Blender with vertex color data?

Re: OBJ file to a solid

JDMather — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 14:17:50 GMT

@patrik.hlebec.stor

Yes.
You must have the appearance data file in the same folder as the mesh file when opening.

Re: OBJ file to a solid

patrik.hlebec.stor — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 14:54:46 GMT

@JDMather I have attached the files below. You can also see the results of the import as advised above.

I have tried modern and legacy .obj file-type:

Modern obj:

And legacy:

Re-import to Blender displays colors correctly.:

Re: OBJ file to a solid

JDMather — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:01:58 GMT

@patrik.hlebec.stor

Hmmm,

I have a jpg file too?

Re: OBJ file to a solid

Subtel — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 08:00:40 GMT

Thank you ... that worked for me to 😉