.stp file?

[Adam Trachtenberg]

STEP is a solid modeling format — could be from SolidWorks or similar. Rhino and other CAD programs are able to convert STEP to Cinema readable formats.

[Matt Gerard]

the Rhino demo gives you 20 or so free conversions. I’m down to 12 left!

matt

Its more fun to ride a slow motorcycle fast than a fast motorcycle slow…

[Adam Trachtenberg]

Yep, in addition to being a great nurbs modeler, Rhino also makes a great conversion utility. If you’re looking for something less expensive and easier to use you might want to check out Moi3d — https://moi3d.com/

I’ve heard very good things about it but haven’t used it myself (long-time Rhino user). It’s being developed by a former Rhino guy and from what I hear it does a better job converting nurbs to polygons.

[Orrin Zucker]

Thanks everyone…but any advice for a mac guy? Looks like Rhino is for PCs only.

[Shawn Miller]

Hey Adam,

MoI is VERY good. It was developed by Michael Gibson… he’s the original developer of Rhino. 🙂 I love C4D, but MoI is just faster and better at some modeling tasks. I often use it to build certain kinds of geometry (curved surfaces with holes) and export to LWO or OBJ. I then import into C4D using Riptide. Anyway, I hope you get a chance to try it.

Oh yeah, MoI does import .STP files.

Thanks,

Shawn

[Orrin Zucker]

I downloaded TurboCAD Deluxe (trial) and had no luck. Tried Rhino on a friend’s PC…nada.

Anyone out there want to give the conversion to .obj a shot? The files pretty big (230mb).

Thanks!

[Shawn Miller]

Did you try MoI on your friend’s PC? 🙂 MoI’s exporter is actually a lot better than Rhino’s… alternately, if you have a way of getting it to me, I would be more than happy to take a shot at converting your file for you. Let me know.

Thanks,

Shawn

[Jan Menzen]

I have a stp and an igs file and want to import it into c4d!
I tried to open it in Rhino but it does not look good.
How can I otherwise convert it. What codec should I use for Cinema 4d?

[Ben Kom]

For mac user use free-cad(https://sourceforge.net/projects/free-cad/)
select the object you want to export. Save as “Mesh format” (.obj)

Open the exported file with c4d

[Charles Klipfel]

Thanks !

It works also on windows now.

the new adress to download is :
https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases