import Solidworks file to CloudCompare

[hsnyang]

Hi
I'm using CloudCompare to try and compare the point cloud obtained from image processing (.ply) with the Solidworks 3D model.
I am not quite sure how realistic it is to turn CAD model to point cloud, because I have not seen it done before.
Therefore, what format can I use to convert the Solidworks file so that I can get the surfaces for comparison with point cloud.
Thank you in advance

Jessica

[daniel]

Hi,

Generally CAD software can convert their models to the tesselated STL format at least. Some can also hande OBJ (which is a better option but this is not mandatory).

[hsnyang]

Hi Daniel,

Thank you for your reply. Solidworks can translate the file into stl format; however, there was issues opening the stl file in CC by another person previously.
It displayed the error message shown below:
[11:40:02] An error occurred while loading 'gum': Reading error (no access right?)
By the way, I’m using the version of 2.5.4.1 [Windows 64 bits].
Thank you for your help.

Jessica

[daniel]

Oh it looks like it's just a problem of filename. Make sure there's no special characters in both the filename and the path (you can first test with a very simple path like 'c:\temp\test.stl').

[hsnyang]

Hello Daniel,

Great! It works now. Thank you very much for your time and effort.

Cheers

Jessica