Rhino Failed Import

famadorian

I tried to import a 3dm file and it failed. I authorized Onshape to take a look. Is there some way to follow this "take a look"?

I confirmed that the 3dm file worked in Rhino. 

famadorian

Nobody has any clue here?;)

famadorian

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/54b90b308bf800e94d8ba682/v/660df8294ca07b3ebb896687/e/31140120d2b2b28760264af1

famadorian

The model I'm importing comes from ArchiCAD. Is there some other format other than 3dm I can use, if 3dm has problems?

MBartlett21

It is probably self-intersecting.
Can you restore your document so I can take a look (It says it is in the trash)

famadorian

Ah, sorry, I thought I deleted another document;) It's restored. 

MBartlett21

Is it okay if it is just a mesh.
The only formats I found that were compatible were 3dm, stl and obj

famadorian

Not sure, it would rock my boat if it was possible to get surfaces imported. 

STL is not an option for ArchiCAD and OBJ is only for mesh. 

3dm succeeded in exporting surfaces and I loaded the file into Rhino and it worked there. 

MBartlett21

The Graphisoft help says that Archicad can export as STL (https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/knowledgebase/25765/).
If you want to generate surfaces from an imported STL or  OBJ, you can use 3d fit spline around the edges of the surface, then use fill surface

Other than that, can you export from rhino into something else?

famadorian

right, sure, I tried to export in STL, but ArchiCAD crashed;)

Sure, I can convert the file in Rhino from 3dm to something else, but isn't 3dm the preferred format?

owen_sparks

If your talking "preferred" for Onshape then that'd be parasolid first, as that's the kernel it's built on, then probably step as second choice as a neutral format.