Sensor Mapping and .stl and .wrl format models

[Biomechatronics]

Hello There

I'm trying to use sensor mapping in LabView 8.6 but I have problem when loading models in .wrl or .stl.

.wrl file loads but I can see only the balck background only.

.stl file does not load at all.

Any suggestions for what I should do to solve this problem?

Many Thanks

[Jeremy_T]

Hi Biomechatronics

I hope you're having a good day. I've been taking a look at this issue and whilst I've neither been able to replicate this issue on my own PC nor find any evidence of past occurences of such a problem, I've come up with one or two links that may help to solve the problem.

Are you seeing any particular error codes when you attempt to load either file? If you see error 1501 then it may be worth your while taking a look at this link.

You could also take a look at this KnowledgeBase entry that explains how to load a 3D model onto the Front Panel. Try running the example code on that page to see whether that works. If it doesn't then please let me know, as it ran fine on my PC so it may help to hone in on the root of the issue.

If neither of these solves your problem then could you possibly attach the VI that you are using? This may help me to see exactly where something is not quite right. I hope this helps, please let me know how you get on!

Kind Regards

[Biomechatronics]

Hi

Many thanks Jeremy

I will try the above again and will let you know what are the results.

Many thanks again

[kent.wedeking]

I've tried using the example on the Knowledge Base page to get it to load a STL file that I created out of Solidworks, and I won't load it ... just locks the program.  I dug down into where it it looking at the tokens and picking the file apart and it starts getting unexpected tokens.  do i have a setting off in SW maybe?

[kent.wedeking]

N/M ... you need to make sure that your STL files are in ASCII format ... industry standard in the CAD world is Binary ... that was my problem.