thoughts on creating technical illustrations?
As some of you already know, I have been working closely with a 3D printing company for the last couple of years.
They utilize STL files for their machines and, of course, some of the models are quite complex.
They asked me the other day if I could generate technical illustrations (front and side elevations, with dimensions) for over 100 products.
I thought at first that this wouldn't be too difficult, but now I am having doubts.
Anyone have any thoughts on how I may manage this? With all of the model complexity, I would think that I have to remove a bunch of the small details to keep the illustrations clean.
My initial thought was to generate DXF's of each model and then dimensioning in a CAD software, but the DXF export results in every bit of detail coming through and is basically unusable.
Is there a material shader in Cheetah that may be of use to me? The client has requested black and white, but I could perhaps talk them into something greyscale, if the price savings is significant.
Some of these models are 10 million polygons, too, so factor that into your thoughts, too.
Thanks and I look forward to hearing everyone's thoughts.
Cheers, Chuck
As some of you already know, I have been working closely with a 3D printing company for the last couple of years.
They utilize STL files for their machines and, of course, some of the models are quite complex.
They asked me the other day if I could generate technical illustrations (front and side elevations, with dimensions) for over 100 products.
I thought at first that this wouldn't be too difficult, but now I am having doubts.
Anyone have any thoughts on how I may manage this? With all of the model complexity, I would think that I have to remove a bunch of the small details to keep the illustrations clean.
My initial thought was to generate DXF's of each model and then dimensioning in a CAD software, but the DXF export results in every bit of detail coming through and is basically unusable.
Is there a material shader in Cheetah that may be of use to me? The client has requested black and white, but I could perhaps talk them into something greyscale, if the price savings is significant.
Some of these models are 10 million polygons, too, so factor that into your thoughts, too.
Thanks and I look forward to hearing everyone's thoughts.
Cheers, Chuck
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