Need Advice

[Gary Puckett]

Could someone please tell me all the steps on how to convert enkenboll drawing to a stl drawing.

I know you have to take it to intellicad and then to accutrans 3D I need to know how this is done, I think I got a drawing over to accutrans because it comes up on the screen but it is in 2D and it only shows up as a DXF. I can't seem to find how to convert it to a STL.

Thanks Gary

[Kerry Fullington]

Gary,

First make sure you are downloading the 3D .dwg files from Enkeboll not the 3D .dxf (see Picture)
Open one of the 3D. DWG files in Intellicad. Use the File/Save As command in Intellicad to save the drawing as an AutoCad 2000 ASCII DXF (choose this from the drop down menu in the Save As dialog box.)

Open this new .DXF file you just saved in Accutrans. It should be 3D and you can rotate it using the left mouse button and mouse.
Click on File then Save With Options
From the Save File Type drop down menu choose Stereo Lithography (ASCII) ,stl
In the right center of this dialog box under Center Point check the Adjust box and then click on Calc below
(this makes sure your object will rotate properly in eCabinets
Now click the Save button on the bottom left of the dialog box and save the .stl file where you can find it

Open the .stl file in the eCabinets Display Part editor, Add texture images then save it as a .hsf to use in eCabinets

Kerry

[Gary Puckett]

Kerry,

Thanks I will try that, what I did was I just took the part I needed not the whole file.
I will try that thanks.

Gary