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File Conversion, DS Mechanical to Fusion 360?
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:42 am
by Envisage
Hey there, I'm new here, anyone know how I can take my design from Design Spark Mechanical into Fusion 360? They have no shared export import options and I can't find a file converter at all.
Re: File Conversion, DS Mechanical to Fusion 360?
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 7:09 am
by joe
Can you export your design spark model to .step or format? It would easily open in fusion 360.
Re: File Conversion, DS Mechanical to Fusion 360?
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 8:27 am
by geneb
As far as I know, DSM only does it's native format and STL. (DSM is basically SpaceClaim)
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Re: File Conversion, DS Mechanical to Fusion 360?
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 10:26 am
by Jimustanguitar
Import options:
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Export options:
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An OBJ is probably your best bet for porting to Fusion... I'm not far off from doing that, myself. It's a great and intuitive program, but it does have limits that force you to outgrow it eventually.
Re: File Conversion, DS Mechanical to Fusion 360?
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 3:47 pm
by joe
geneb wrote:As far as I know, DSM only does it's native format and STL. (DSM is basically SpaceClaim)
g.
How short sighted of them.
Re: File Conversion, DS Mechanical to Fusion 360?
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 9:03 am
by geneb
joe wrote:geneb wrote:As far as I know, DSM only does it's native format and STL. (DSM is basically SpaceClaim)
g.
How short sighted of them.
Not really. It's a free version of an expensive parametric design tool.
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Re: File Conversion, DS Mechanical to Fusion 360?
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 5:00 pm
by Polygonhell
From the DS developers standpoint not supporting STEP and IGES export is a good way to lock people in, I assume their intent is to have people invested enough that when they decide to upgrade they are more likely to select their own expensive product rather than someone elses.
Having said that though I do use imported STEP files in Fusion 360, you lose all the value that parametric CAD offers when you start with something that doesn't have construction history.
Re: File Conversion, DS Mechanical to Fusion 360?
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 9:54 pm
by Jimustanguitar
I wonder if you could sign up for the 30 day trial of full blown SpaceClaim and export your files in a better format that way?
