RE: VRML to STL

From: Jim Carruthers (jcarruth@leevalley.com)
Date: Tue Nov 24 1998 - 15:06:08 EET


On Monday, November 23, 1998 7:37 PM, Matt Michaelis
[SMTP:michma@carpediem.com] wrote:
> One of our customers wants to create an STL file of a part modeled in
> 'Poser III' by Media Creations.
> Has anyone heard of Poser III, and/or dealt with it before? From his
> description, I gathered that Poser had something to do with animations.
> The only format I recognized from the export options he gave was VRML.
>
> Therefore, is it possible to convert a VRML file to an STL file?
> If so, what is involved, what software does this and how much does a
> seat cost?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

Poser apparently can export to 3ds or DXF(how well? I dunno,) which can be
read by Rhino ($495 'till the end of December,) tweaked if necessary, and
exported to STL.

Jim

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