Export a cylinder object to STEP

Export a cylinder object to STEP

alesuher
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Export a cylinder object to STEP

alesuher
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If I export a cylinder object from Fusion to STEP, the cylinder wall is not round but 32-paned. The same are the walls of holes. How can I improve the export to STEP to get nice round walls ??

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MRWakefield
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Can you attach your STEP file here?

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Marcus Wakefield


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alesuher
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Hi, I encose my exported STEP file for a simple cylinder.

The wall of the cylinder is 32-polygon in STEP, not round and not smooth.

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MRWakefield
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It looks good to me.

In SolidWorks:

MRWakefield_0-1714508479644.png

 

In Fusion:

MRWakefield_1-1714508617957.png

 

Can you post a screenshot of what you're seeing?

 

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Marcus Wakefield


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I've created a Windows application (and now Mac as well) for creating custom thread files for Fusion. You can find out about it here. Hope you find it useful.
If you need to know how to offset threads for 3D printing then I've created a guide here which you might find useful.
If you would like to send me a tip for any help I've provided or for any of my software applications you've found useful, you can do this via my Ko-Fi page here.
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alesuher
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I use the VariCAD Viewer to instantly see what is in a STEP file. It's very useful and quick.

So maybe this problem is in the viewer not in the Fusion.

I enclose the screenshot from VariCAD.

But on the other hand I use VariCAD for a long time and I saw many other STEP files and a cylinder was always smooth.

It's funny ...

Thank you for checking my file and solving my problem.

 

 

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MRWakefield
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Yes, I would say it's just a rendering issue, which was my suspicion from the beginning. The display of models is often simplified for performance purposes. You might find a setting in VariCAD Viewer where you can increase the quality at the expense of performance if you don't like the 'polygonal' look.

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Marcus Wakefield


____________________________________________________________________________________
I've created a Windows application (and now Mac as well) for creating custom thread files for Fusion. You can find out about it here. Hope you find it useful.
If you need to know how to offset threads for 3D printing then I've created a guide here which you might find useful.
If you would like to send me a tip for any help I've provided or for any of my software applications you've found useful, you can do this via my Ko-Fi page here.
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alesuher
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You are absolutly right. I found in VariCAD a setting how to increase the refinement of cylindric walls. So the problem was not in Fusion, but somewhere between my keyboard and my chair.   🙂   One is always learning something.

Thank you very much one more time.

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MRWakefield
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You're welcome 😉

 


@alesuher wrote:

... So the problem was not in Fusion, but somewhere between my keyboard and my chair.   🙂 


Sometimes known by the acronym: PICNIC (Problem In Chair, Not In Computer!).

If this answers your question please mark the thread as solved as it can help others find solutions in the future.
Marcus Wakefield


____________________________________________________________________________________
I've created a Windows application (and now Mac as well) for creating custom thread files for Fusion. You can find out about it here. Hope you find it useful.
If you need to know how to offset threads for 3D printing then I've created a guide here which you might find useful.
If you would like to send me a tip for any help I've provided or for any of my software applications you've found useful, you can do this via my Ko-Fi page here.
____________________________________________________________________________________

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alesuher
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 Hi, Marcus,

Thank you for your further information in custom thread. It's a lot of know how. I see you are very experienced man.

I may use it rather sometime in future and it's good to know.

B.R.

Ales

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MRWakefield
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Thanks. I might have picked up one or two bits of knowledge in my almost 62 years of being on the planet! 😉

 

I thought I'd add the section in my signature about my thread app then anyone reading any of my posts should see it.

If this answers your question please mark the thread as solved as it can help others find solutions in the future.
Marcus Wakefield


____________________________________________________________________________________
I've created a Windows application (and now Mac as well) for creating custom thread files for Fusion. You can find out about it here. Hope you find it useful.
If you need to know how to offset threads for 3D printing then I've created a guide here which you might find useful.
If you would like to send me a tip for any help I've provided or for any of my software applications you've found useful, you can do this via my Ko-Fi page here.
____________________________________________________________________________________

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