Hello All:
My company has recently switched to Solidworks 2014 from Inventor 2013, so I am not quite familiar with Solidworks's capabilities. Is there a way I can transfer my Inventor material library to Solidworks so that it recognizes all the properties of the materials as well as their visual appearances (opacity, etc)?
Jennifer
Okay, if I can't do entire libraries, what about individual materials? For example, we use bar grating for the porches and stairs we design. I would like to bring that material, initially created in Inventor, into Solidworks. How can I go about doing that?
Jennifer
Is the topic Material Properties or is it cosmetic textures?
It seems like it started off with the former topic but navigated toward the latter topic of cosmetic textures. Ideally, I would like to have the material properties the same. But, if it not possible, then I'll make do with cosmetic textures. I know there's a way to manually insert the material properties into the materials; but, at this point, getting something that looks like the material in the 3D model is what I'd like to achieve.
I am currently working with grating. I would like to be able to see any framing or structure under the grating, as you could with actual grating. Using an image I downloaded off the internet, I created .p2m of the material, and it looks like it should except I can not see through the material. The material I used for the grating in Inventor allows me to see through the material, and that is why I'd like to import that material into Solidworks.
the Solidworks material library file is a simple text file.
however, the text file requires specific formatting in order for Solidworks to read.
unless Inventor can export the file the way Solidworks likes to read it then, no.