Need help with increasing poly count of 3D model

[Channo]

Hello all,

Recently, my organization is trying to make a animation video of our products to be in our website.
The guy who does animations is asking for 3D model with a high poly count(4 faces). He says that the model I've provided is only triangulated(3 faces).

Is there any way to change my models to high poly count?

 

[SBaugh]

What did you export the files as in the first place?

Scott Baugh, CSWP
Mechanical Engineer
Ciholas

https://www.ciholas.com/

"If it's not broke, Don't fix it!"

faq731-376

 

[Channo]

I made the original model as .sldprt.
Then converted that to .stp and then to .obj

 

[SBaugh]

STEP and other 3D model types like Parasolid, IGES, and ACIS you cannot make changes like that too.

Honestly, I do not see any way to save a SW part\assembly file to an .obj file type.

Have you tried saving to an STL? You can adjust the options for that file type

Scott Baugh, CSWP
Mechanical Engineer
Ciholas

https://www.ciholas.com/

"If it's not broke, Don't fix it!"

faq731-376

 

[Channo]

I haven't tried .stl. Will try that now. Is there any way change to quad obj?

 

[3DDave]

.stl is triangles only.

All solutions to this problem seem to require some task specific software; there are many claiming to do this job turned up in on-line searches.

Most downstream users want a low polygon count; animation software usually comes with subdivision surfacing that allows smoothing of surfaces from lower polygon geometry and can be applied on sub-regions.

What software is the animator using?

 

[Channo]

@3DDave
He uses blender to create the animations.

 

[ctopher]

A quick Google search shows this:
Link

Chris, CSWP
SolidWorks
ctophers home

 

[Channo]

@ctopher
Hey! Thanks for the link. I've gone through it and found that the stl files also convert to triangulated models as @3DDave pointed out.
My problem is to convert these triangulated model to a quad model.
Thanks for the help!

 

[3DDave]

I do have a soft spot for Blender. Rescued from oblivion, it started out as a proprietary product and was going to be put into the trash. A search should turn up the amazing behind-the-scenes history.

Blender has no trouble with triangles. I'm a bit confused as to why that would be a problem. See

https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/3.6/addons/import_export/index.html#

for import capabilities.

One trouble that anything but triangles can get into is ending up with non-planar polygons which won't break Blender, but may not render correctly. Blender certainly supports subdivision operators.