Head end equipment

constar261

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I have intermediate skill in solidworks and am trying to create heavyweight baggage, combination, rpo, and observation cars for trainz. Can some advise me on what easy to use software to use that is identical to solidworks and an exporter to put the rolling stock into them and import into trainz?
 
.sldprt - Solodworks part, proprietary, cannot load into older versions of software oce you open it with a newer version
.sldasm - assembly of solidparts, also prop.
.stp - general importable standard, but not easily editable.

There are more, lots more, but I don't think engineering components will work well as imported for trainz (ie, too much file detail for games). Besides, I don't think availible file formats will alllow it to be imported anyhow. Scripting, camera views, and attachment points would have to be included in a brand new, custom plugin that would come with the custom exporter, too.

I hear ya Constar, I want Soildworks to export too, but until someone smarter than both of us does something about exporter/extras, we're both dead in the water.:confused:
 
I know that it will export stl and DFX, but both formats would be extremely poly-heavy particularly coming out of a CAD program such as Solidworks. You also need something to take in these formats as well.

John
 
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