topic Re: Export STEP file to FreeCad in Maya Forum

Export STEP file to FreeCad

martinndubstep — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 15:35:10 GMT

Hello, I've done nice project in Autodesk Maya and I asked my friend if he could mill it on his cnc machine. He asked me for .stp file. I knew It has to do smth with AutoCad so I've downloaded FreeCad. I would like to export my project from Maya in a STEP file and import it into FreeCad without creating the project from scratch in FreeCad.

Here's what I do.

In Maya: Export all -> STEP_ATF

But when I import this file into FreeCad it doesn't anything.

Also when I try to import this stp file into Maya it doesn't show anything either.

I attach maya file of the project - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FIxcRj2vFcqqmgrcjwnoLTk53_AicmtA

Thank you for help.

Re: Export STEP file to FreeCad

mspeer — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 17:08:51 GMT

Hi!

If i remember correct, this is a bug in Maya 2018.

Re: Export STEP file to FreeCad

martinndubstep — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 19:59:10 GMT

Okay, so is there a way to fix it?

Re: Export STEP file to FreeCad

mspeer — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 21:34:23 GMT

Hi!

I recommend to install the latest version of Maya 2019.

Re: Export STEP file to FreeCad

martinndubstep — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 18:54:04 GMT

I got newest Maya 2019. Still, I have a problem importing this project to freecad to get stepfile. Can you try it on your computer? I've put the link to my file in the topic. Thanks

Re: Export STEP file to FreeCad

martinndubstep — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:57:12 GMT

Again, I have 2 plates in program here - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1m6gvyiAuHRL6FsF1RKspsBQAvbMTgvP-.

I want to get .stp file of each plate to be able to make them on cnc machine. I can not do that. I've dowloaded autocad 2019 trial edition and when I import stp file from Maya It shows text or something not object

Re: Export STEP file to FreeCad

mspeer — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:30:36 GMT

Hi!

Your scene does not contain any nurbs objects.

To export polygon objects, use an other format like .OBJ or STL.

Re: Export STEP file to FreeCad

martinndubstep — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 09:34:15 GMT

I think I've solved my problem. Exporting file into obj and then importing to autocad did work.

Thank you!