Fusion 360 to Rhino Vray

[Anonymous]

Hi Guys,

Since I usually use Rhino Vray for rendering, I was wondering if its possible to import the surfaces from Fusion 360 into Rhino (not as a mesh) , if there was a file format that could preserve the surfaces of the model done in F360.

Basically:

Model In Fusion 360 > Rhino Vray

kind of workflow.

Is it possible?

[Anonymous]

Hi Guys,

Since I usually use Rhino Vray for rendering, I was wondering if its possible to import the surfaces from Fusion 360 into Rhino (not as a mesh) , if there was a file format that could preserve the surfaces of the model done in F360.

Basically:

Model In Fusion 360 > Rhino Vray

kind of workflow.

Is it possible?

[cekuhnen · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous

Thats pretty simple

export as STEP and load the STEP into Rhino.

[Anonymous]

Wouldnt the STEP file transform the model into a mesh? It makes it really hard to do any kind of rendering in Vray. Generally you want to preserve the NURBS or Tspline surfaces during the transfer

[cekuhnen · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous

No STEP and IGES are surface bases formats / containers while OBJ STL are used traditionally to transport polygon based mesh models.

STEP is really the go to format send raw CAD data between apps.

[Anonymous]

Ah ok i understand now. Thanks for your input!

[cekuhnen]

@Anonymous

No worries. OBJ can also contain NURBS but realistically OBJ is mainly used for mesh transfer incl UV maps and material definition and STL well just for 3D printing.