AntoineSfx Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Do you know a way to export data from FreeCAD to Houdini in a way that would allow me split the object along the boundary curves once in Houdini ? Typically, CAD programs have a much stronger geometric kernel (FreeCAD uses OpenCASCADE) and I'm using it for its Fillet tools, which is very superior to Houdini. This is not really surprising as it is using Brep, and it actually can make a fillet between curved surfaces, where Houdini can only see polygons. So, how can I do that ? I didn't have much luck with the CAD formats in Houdini (namely STEP and IGES) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntoineSfx Posted November 12, 2021 Author Share Posted November 12, 2021 If someone finds this thread: One way to do it in FreeCAD is to: 1/ Make your part (say in Part of PartDesign) 2/ Open the Draft Workbench 3/ Downgrade the part once. Now you have a set of faces. 4/ Put each face you need in its own group (right click / utilities / Add new named group) 5/ Export each group separately in its own STL file, then in Houdini, File / merge / fuse the whole thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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