[matt92]

I am building a six-axis robot and have noticed that the .robot file size is significantly smaller than the original STEP files of all joints combined (from around 15MB reduced to <1MB).

Some features seem to be auto simplified, like the attached picture of a circular bolt simplifying to a polygon.

I am just curious about this feature, cause I would love to auto simplify my STEP file but not turning into a .robot file. Anyone knows are there any other softwares can do that too or it is a proprietary algorithm developed by RoboDK Team?

Thanks!

[Alex]

RoboDK objects, under the hood, are mesh objects. These files can generally be much smaller than parametric files (although not always the case).
You can save the file as a .sld by right clicking on it. 

   
This will speed up importing the file in the future but the import parameters will no longer have an effect.

Do you have a RoboDK Professional license? If so, we have an add-in that can help you simplify the mesh if you are looking to simplify objects further.

[matt92]

RoboDK objects, under the hood, are mesh objects. These files can generally be much smaller than parametric files (although not always the case).
You can save the file as a .sld by right clicking on it. 


This will speed up importing the file in the future but the import parameters will no longer have an effect.

Are you a Professional User? we have a tool that can help you simplify the mesh if you are looking to simplify the object further.

Yes I have a professional license, please let me know what kind of tool can help with that!

[Albert]

You can send us a support request by selecting Help-Request support and requesting this add-in to simplify objects.