I have all my files locked up in rsdoc format. When will I be able to import them and convert?

florian_ford

Hi, is there any option to import geometry from DesignSpark Mechanical? I have all my designs locked up in the proprietary format and I am kind of trapped in the ecosystem as a consequence.

I can export STLs but that is not geometry.

Thank you.

michał_1

Try to get Spaceclaim trial, open your rsdoc files and export them as step. If Spaceclaim won't read rsdoc then just retype rsdoc to scdoc, Spaceclaim will see that file as it own native file. If whole "operation" is one time event, because you're switching to Onshape permanently, it worth checking. You can also ask some guys from DesignSpark forum to translate your files. I've seen similar requests on their forum and there was always someone eager to help.

cody_armstrong

Is STL your only export option? Is STEP, IGES, or Parasolid an option?  Hopefully soon we will have a way to import STL files into Onshape, but for now, it is a limitation.  

Other users have worked around this by importing their STL files into another package (like FreeCAD) and then exporting out of that software.  In fact, another Onshape user has a blog post on this.

http://anoved.net/2015/07/import-stl-models-to-onshape-part-studios-using-freecad/

florian_ford

It's not STL that i want to import in onshape,  stl would be a bad option in the first place because it doesn't know assemblies or geometries but only surfaces.  I said that my files are locked in rsdoc format,  a proprietary format that i want to be able to import in onshape as is and start using onshape as CAD app of choice .

cody_armstrong

@florian_ford Here is a link to the list of file formats that can be imported into a part or assembly.  Your files will need to be converted to one of these formats to import into Onshape.


https://cad.onshape.com/help/#translation.htm%3FTocPath%3DImporting%2520%2526%2520Exporting%2520Files%7C_____4 

michał_1

Try to get Spaceclaim trial, open your rsdoc files and export them as step. If Spaceclaim won't read rsdoc then just retype rsdoc to scdoc, Spaceclaim will see that file as it own native file. If whole "operation" is one time event, because you're switching to Onshape permanently, it worth checking. You can also ask some guys from DesignSpark forum to translate your files. I've seen similar requests on their forum and there was always someone eager to help.

florian_ford

cody_armstrong: I know what files Onshape can import, I was wondering if there is any plan to support some other closed-source CAD format files with emphasis on rsdoc format. At some point I expect that if Onshape wants to be the revolution it is advertised to have started, it will seamlessly import and export many formats, an ever increasing list of them:).

michał_1: That is actually an obvious solution that somehow evaded me. And that considering that I went to great lengths to find a solution for this up to extracting the geometry data via a series of file conversions like explained on this freecad forum thread.