Files in OBJ format can be opened with Autodesk Maya 2013, Blender, and MeshLab in Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and Linux platforms.
An OBJ file is a standard 3D image format that can be exported and opened by various 3D image editing programs. It contains a three-dimensional object, which includes 3D coordinates, texture maps, polygonal faces, and other object information. OBJ files may also store references to one or more .
Unfortunately, you can't get a DWG file directly to the Autodesk FBX converter. The tool only accepts 3DS, DAE, DXF, FBX, and OBJ. Select the DXF file and press the Convert button to create an FBX. At this point, you can already go to Blender 2.8 and use the working FBX importer to get your data to Blender.
7 of the best free STL file editors
- MeshLab. MeshLab is a very complete free and open source program to edit your STL files.
- SketchUp. SketchUp, which used to be called Google SketchUp, is a 3D modeling software that now belongs to the architectural company Trimble Buildings.
- SculptGL. SculptGL is a free 3D sculpting tool.
Windows
- Open the folder that contains the . OBJ file. An easy way to do this is to press ⊞ Win + E to open File Explorer, then browse to the folder where it's saved.
- Right-click the file. A context menu will expand.
- Click Open with. It's at the top of the menu.
- Click Paint 3D. This opens the file on your PC.
You can import geometry and rendering data from 3ds Max, including meshes, materials, mappings, lights, and cameras. However, procedural materials, smoothing groups, and keyframe data cannot be imported. Cameras become named views.
XYZ file into ArcMap
- If the X,Y,Z data are in textfile format, then open the file in Excel and in the Text Import Wizard, chose Delimited as the Original Data Type.
- Open ArcMap and browse to the location where you saved the Excel file you saved in Step 1 and open that file.
XYZ Format
- First line: total number of atoms (optional)
- Second line: molecule name or comment (optional)
- All other lines: element symbol or atomic number, x, y, and z coordinates, separated by spaces, tabs, or commas.
Go to Layer > EXPORT and choose Text File, Simple ASCII (XYZ) Text File or XYZ (Simple ASCII) Text File as the export format.
To Import Text Files
- Click Home tab Annotation panel Multiline Text.
- Specify opposite corners of a bounding box to define the width of the multiline text object.
- Right-click in the editor.
- In the Select File dialog box, double-click the file you want to import, or select the file.
- Change the text as needed.
Set Point Style and Size
- Click Format menu Point Style. Find.
- In the Point Style dialog box, select a point style.
- In the Point Size box, specify a size, either relative to the screen or in absolute units.
- Click OK.
How do you plot Northing and Easting coordinates in AutoCAD?
- Click Home tab Draw panel Line drop-down Create Line By Northing/Easting Find.
- Enter a northing value.
- Enter an easting value. …
- Continue to enter northing and easting values to define the line segments.
Follow these steps:
- Save the Excel file to CSV file format.
- Open the CSV file with a text editor (like Notepad++):
- In Civil 3D, make sure the Civil 3D workspace is enabled.
- From the Insert ribbon, Import menu, select the Points from File option.
At the command line type MULTIPLE and then hit the [enter key]. Now, type in the command you want to repeat (like CIRCLE) and hit enter. Now, you can keep on creating circles without having to manually start the command over and over.
Reading the file interactively in the Python interpreter:
- filename = "Ar_L16_N64.xyz" xyz = open(filename, "r") xyz.
- xyz = open(filename, "r") for line in xyz: print '>>> ', line xyz.
- coord = [] coord.
- title = xyz.
Click Insert tab Import panel Import. Find and select the FBX file you want to import, or enter the name of the FBX file at File Name. Click Open. … Specify the items to be imported, the assigned layer for the objects, and the conversion units.
Select your input polyface mesh or solid from AutoCAD drawing model space. In the save dialog box, configure export file filter. To export OBJ select Alias Wavefront Object file filter.
How to Convert OBJ to 3DS with Spin 3D Mesh Converter Software
- Download Spin 3D Mesh Converter Software. Download Spin 3D Mesh Converter Software.
- Import OBJ Files into the Program.
- Choose an Output Folder.
- Set the Output Format.
- Convert OBJ to 3DS.
Follow these steps:
- Open the model into which you want to import a SketchUp file.
- Select File > Import.
- In the Open dialog box that appears, navigate to the SketchUp file. …
- Select the SketchUp file, and click Open. …
- Click in the drawing area to place the component in your model.
Use the following steps to import into Inventor.Expand the "Open" option, and select "Import DWG." Select the file that will be opened. When the DWG/ DXF File Wizard is prompted, select "AutoCAD or AutoCAD Mechanical File" and click on "Next." Confirm all of the 3D objects that will be imported, and click "Next."
You can import OBJ and STL files in Autodesk Inventor LT. The data is imported as mesh objects and are contained in a mesh browser node.
Help
- Click Application menu Export Other Formats. Find.
- In the Export Data dialog box, enter a file name.
- Under Files of type, select Lithography (*. stl). Click Save.
- Select one or more solid objects. All objects must be entirely within the positive XYZ octant of the world coordinate system (WCS).
Take the OBJ and Import it into 3DS Max. From there then you can Export it to DWG. That can then be brought into Revit. The options would be to Link to a Project, Import to a Family and then load into a Project, or Import to a Project.
Click the Multileader tool button ( ) on the Dimensions toolbar. Choose Multileader in the Dimensions menu. Type multileader in the command bar, then press Enter.
Help
- Click View tab Viewports panel New.
- In the Viewports dialog box, New Viewports tab, under Standard Viewports, select Single.
- Click to specify one corner of the new layout viewport.
- Click to specify the opposite corner. A new layout viewport object is available and displays a default view.
How to Set Up a Layout in AutoCAD
- Click the desired layout tab.
- Click the Layout tab of the Ribbon menu.
- In the Layout panel, click Page Setup.
- Click New.
- Type a suitable name and click OK.
- Specify the printer you want to use, its paper size, and so on, but leave the Plot Area drop-down list set at Layout.
- Click OK.
Help
- Click View > Viewports > New Viewports.
- In the Viewports dialog box, enter the new name for the viewport.
- Select the viewports from the Standard Viewports list.
- Click OK to create the new Viewport.
A layout page can have multiple viewports, but for now, we will keep it at one. In the layout there is a difference between 'model space' and 'paper space', in model space we can move and scale the viewports. In model space, the scale of the model can be adjusted.
Help
- Select the layout viewport that you want to modify.
- Right-click, and then choose Properties.
- If necessary, click Display Locked and choose No.
- In the Properties palette, select Standard Scale, and then select a new scale from the list. The scale you choose is applied to the viewport.
Create a new layout
- In the Project window, click the module in which you want to add a layout.
- In the main menu, select File > New > XML > Layout XML File.
- In the dialog that appears, provide the file name, the root layout tag, and the source set in which the layout belongs.
- Click Finish to create the layout.
