Hallo,

I've got some problem using "scan to 3d" tool tring to work with quite complex STL file.

I have an organic scan (rich of details ... around 100.000 meshes) and otfen the "scan to 3D" tool make crash solidworks no matter what. Here I explain what I do step by step:

- open the mesh

- run mesh preparation wizard

- I remove noise as possible

- I simplify the surface reducing the number of meshes. My mesh has 600.000 poligons and I decreese this numer to 100.000

- I tried smoothing the surface (it doesnt change anything... it crash anyway)

- I fill holes

- I lunch surface Wizard

- I run "automatic cration" ("guided cration" can't works... too many details )

- I select the minimum surface detail and ask for preview.......than after 10 minutes of calculation solidworks crash!

I understand that big amount of detail could ask a lot of time for computation.. but didn't expected software crash.

Is that 50.000-100.000 surfaces to big for solidworks?

do exist some triks to use "Scan to 3D"?

Thanks,
Marco