Two problems with .stl files

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Matteo Musso
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Two problems with .stl files

Post by Matteo Musso » Thu Dec 20, 2018 9:07 am

Hello everyone, I attached a body on the arm arm26 and I imported a .stl file created with Solidworks to specify the geometry.
The measurements of the body created in Solidwork have a diameter of 0.05 m and a length of 0.5 m, but when importing the file in Opensim I have to use a scale factor of 0.0005 to obtain reasonable dimensions; why? Isn't Arm26 in meter?
The second thing I don't understand is why I get the message 'Mesh Exo2.STL not connected to model..ignoring' in the Matlab Command Window, but in Opensim I see the geomtry of my body; I get this error only in Opensim 4.0 when I used the beta version I did not get it.

Thanks in advance for your answers!
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Dimitar Stanev
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Re: Two problems with .stl files

Post by Dimitar Stanev » Fri Dec 28, 2018 2:20 pm

It is possible that the geometry defined in solidworks is not centered, thus the scaling transformation is not applied correctly.
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Rory Turnbull
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Re: Two problems with .stl files

Post by Rory Turnbull » Mon Mar 01, 2021 10:52 am

Hi,

Did you find a solution to the error message?
Mesh Exo2.STL not connected to model..ignoring
Cheers,
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