Michael Brown Posted February 7, 2010 Report Posted February 7, 2010 Rose and her daughter have purchased a lot in Nicaragua and plan to build a winter home in the town of San Juan Del Sur. We had a topographical survey done but he sent it back in an AutoCAD dwg file. I would like to bring it into 3D Studio as an editable mesh file .3ds but my import of the file fails. We don't a problem printing it or reading it but I can't put a home on it in 3D Studio. Does anyone know how to get a 3ds file out of the dwg file? Download Attachment: CurvasNivel Javier Sanjuan.zip 183.3 KB Thanks, Michael and Rose
Marc Posted February 7, 2010 Report Posted February 7, 2010 Would a copy of AutoCad LT 2000 be of any help? Marc
Steven Hockstein Posted February 8, 2010 Report Posted February 8, 2010 Ask them to send it back to you in a DFX format with the blocks exploded. You should be able to read it in 3D Studio. We don't use AUTOCAD but if you don't have it figured out by Tuesday, I can ask the CAD specialist in my office to convert it for you (he will be out of the office tomorrow).
Michael Brown Posted February 8, 2010 Author Report Posted February 8, 2010 Ask them to send it back to you in a DFX format with the blocks exploded. You should be able to read it in 3D Studio. We don't use AUTOCAD but if you don't have it figured out by Tuesday, I can ask the CAD specialist in my office to convert it for you (he will be out of the office tomorrow). Thanks Steven. We did ask but between the person who arranged the survey for us and the surveyor it never seemed to materialize. If we don't get someone to convert it for us by Tuesday, your help would by much appreciated!
Michael Brown Posted February 8, 2010 Author Report Posted February 8, 2010 Would a copy of AutoCad LT 2000 be of any help? Marc Thanks for the offer, but I threw away my old version of autocad and hoped to never go back! I went on to learn 3D Studio instead.
Steven Hockstein Posted February 11, 2010 Report Posted February 11, 2010 Ask them to send it back to you in a DFX format with the blocks exploded. You should be able to read it in 3D Studio. We don't use AUTOCAD but if you don't have it figured out by Tuesday, I can ask the CAD specialist in my office to convert it for you (he will be out of the office tomorrow). Thanks Steven. We did ask but between the person who arranged the survey for us and the surveyor it never seemed to materialize. If we don't get someone to convert it for us by Tuesday, your help would by much appreciated! Call me if you still need the file converted. You can speak to the CAD specialist in my office and he will tell you what he needs. 973-258-0800
Michael Brown Posted February 11, 2010 Author Report Posted February 11, 2010 Thanks for your kind offer Steven! All we have is the file in the first post. There is no emergency but if he can export it from .dwg (AoutCAD) to .3ds (3D Studio) without any trouble it would be most appreciated. Thanks, Michael and Rose
Rocon Posted February 11, 2010 Report Posted February 11, 2010 Sorry but I can only save it as the following formats: .DWS .DWT .DXF
Tom Raymond Posted February 11, 2010 Report Posted February 11, 2010 I just did a search for "free DWF viewer" and got 102,000 results. AutoCAD's viewer is the first one. http://www.bing.com/search?q=free+dwf+v ... NH11&qs=AS It's free, so if it doesn't work your only out your time. Tom
Michael Brown Posted February 12, 2010 Author Report Posted February 12, 2010 Sorry but I can only save it as the following formats: .DWS .DWT .DXF DXF might be okay? Michael and Rose
Rocon Posted February 12, 2010 Report Posted February 12, 2010 Sorry but I can only save it as the following formats: .DWS .DWT .DXF DXF might be okay? Michael and Rose I sent an email, please respond to the email address included and I willtransfer it to you. I can not upload it to the forum. R
Michael Brown Posted February 13, 2010 Author Report Posted February 13, 2010 Thanks guys! We very much appreciate the help! Ramon exported the file in dxf format and I was able to import it into 3D Studio... unfortunately it's only a 2D drawing. I guess I just assumed a topographical survey done in AutoCAD would have been in 3D? My AutoCAD days were back in DOS when it took 3 hours to draw a line. I quickly switched to GENCADD for 2D and 3D Studio for 3D. I was able to get a .3ds file from Google Maps and Sketchup, it's just not that detailed and North is not where it should be. I guess we have to use that or spend a day or three adding each vertice one by one... yuk. Thanks again for the help! Michael and Rose
Steven Hockstein Posted February 14, 2010 Report Posted February 14, 2010 Try playing around with Google Sketch-up. It is a free program and pretty intuitive. You should be able to build a 3-D site model with the the topographical information you have.
hausdok Posted February 14, 2010 Report Posted February 14, 2010 I dunno about these two. Nicaraqua? Hippy sandinistas! What next? OT - OF!!! M.
Michael Brown Posted February 14, 2010 Author Report Posted February 14, 2010 I dunno about these two. Nicaraqua? Hippy sandinistas! What next? OT - OF!!! M. Apparently they only shoot redneck Americans down there, Canadian hippies are okay. You better stay home. [:-tong2] Michael and Rose
hausdok Posted February 14, 2010 Report Posted February 14, 2010 Just fer that, I aina gonna share my possum stew or pickled badger's nuts with ya. OT - OF!!! M.
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