[OpenSPIM] CAD Files

[Peter Gabriel Pitrone]

Hey Micahel,

This is true, however I am unsure as to which version to use. There are
two main formats, do you have any info as to which is better that I do
not?!

Pete
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Max Planck Institute for
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01307 Dresden

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On Tue, October 1, 2013 1:21 pm, Michael Weber wrote:
<|> STEP files are the way to go. All the parts on openspim.org are already
<|> available in STEP format so it would also be consistent.
<|>
<|> Best,
<|> Michael
<|>
<|> On Oct 1, 2013, at 12:25 PM, Jan Krieger <j.krieger at dkfz-heidelberg.de>
<|> wrote:
<|>
<|>> Hi!
<|>>
<|>> about CAD:
<|>> 1. OpenSOurce formats are nice, but I'm not sure whether the
<|>> professional CAD programs can load them.
<|>> 2. Autodesk has a university program, where you can download a free
<|>> full (in the sense of really everything except Maya) version of all
<|>> their programs, as long as you have an e-mail-adress of a university or
<|>> are associated to one. For me that worked nicely with my adress from
<|>> university of Heidelberg, but also with adresses from the german cancer
<|>> research center (just said that it's a non-profit research institute).
<|>> So this is an easy way to get a professional CAD (Autodesk Inventor)
<|>> without paying, but with all the features ;-) If anybody is interested.
<|>> Here's the link:
<|>>
<|>>   http://students.autodesk.com/
<|>>
<|>> So could you do any of the Autocad Inventor formats, or one of the
<|>> formats, most companies provide on their homepages (e.g. STEP, IGES,
<|>> DXF - but that's not 3D), as most CAD programs should be able to read
<|>> that.
<|>>
<|>> Best from Heidelberg,
<|>> JAN
<|>>
<|>>
<|>> Am 01.10.2013 12:16, schrieb Peter Gabriel Pitrone:
<|>>>
<|>>> Howdy Johannes,
<|>>>
<|>>> I'll see what file formats I can save the plans into. Then I'll upload
<|>>> them as soon as I can.
<|>>>
<|>>> Pete
<|>>>
<|>>>
<|>>>
<|>>
<|>>
<|>>
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