Importing Solidworks model to Keyshot.

[alexjones]

Hello,
  I drew very simple unfolded box in solidworks and I didn't merge the material( sides) together ,
I am trying to bring that in Keyshot and animate it ( fold the flaps and make the box) but I don't how tell Keyshot to recognize every feature as one part instead of recognizing every surface . I hope it make sense

Thanks
Alex

[HaroldL]

Alex,
From what I can tell of your model (imported in to Geomagic Design), all the parts are the same color. In SW give each part a different color at the part level. When it is imported in to KS the surfaces of each part should be grouped according to material (color).
Does that help?

[alexjones]

Hi Harold,
  Thank you Harold  for your reply,
   I am sure I am doing something wrong but changing colors didn't help me out.
For some reason I can't import Solidworks part directly ( getting a msg. stating no 3D polygonal material found) so I save the part as an  .igs format then I import it into Keyshot.
I would appreciate if you could suggest a better way .

Thank you again
Alex

[HaroldL]

Try saving the model out of SW as a STEP214 (214 preserves color info in the model) then bring that into KS. I used IGES to export a model that I created in Geomagic Design. Every surface was imported into KS as a separate item. That was necessary so I could apply different materials to some of the surfaces of the part. I spend way too long putting surfaces into groups before I could start applying materials. But that was before I stepped up to Pro with Geometry Editor.

Not sure if it matters, but see if leaving a little space between the parts helps, even if saved as STEP214.

[alexjones]

I just downloaded the keyshot plugin for solidworks and export the file as a keyshot native .bip  and that worked great.
no coloring needed
please see the attached file

Thank you again for your help