[PiXYZ Plugin] New CAD File Importer

IMPORT ANY CAD FILE

With PiXYZ PLUGIN, import any CAD file (CATPart, Solidworks, JT, STEP…) with perfect tessellated meshes and limited polygon count.
See formats supported in PiXYZ PLUGIN

This is the perfect bridge for connecting the engineering & CAD worlds with the gaming world, allowing effortless integration of large 3D assemblies and creation of powerful visualization experiences.


PREPARE YOUR ASSET

At import, access built-in tessellation presets to define mesh quality or create your own settings according to your optimization strategy.
Create LOD on-the-fly when tessellating your CAD model.
Apply automatic UV projection mapping (channel 0) and auto-unwrapping (for channel 1 Lightmaps) to your new mesh.

More info on our website: https://www.pixyz-software.com/plugin/

 

This is amazing!

will it be available in the asset store also?
does the price include updates, until how long/to next version etc?
the plugin is for editor importing only, not runtime cad importer?

 

Thanks mgear!

Regarding you questions:
- The plugin will be available on both PiXYZ web store and Unity asset store.
- The perpetual license includes all new minor versions. Major versions should be released once a year.


Best,
PiXYZ Software team

 

Is there an option to purchase run-time capabilities?

 

can not see any plugin for download, is the plugin still available?

 

Hi,
CAD import at run-time from our plugin is now available. There is not additional cost for this feature, but each user of the final application will need a PiXYZ Plugin for Unity license to import native CAD file at run-time.

PiXYZ team

 

Hi,
The new 2018 version of our Plugin for Unity will be available for download on the 26th of March 2018

 

Saw the announcement today. We have so far been using 3D Studio Max, SAP 3D Vusal Enterprise Author and Keyshot 7 for CAD translations (and one other tool I don't think we can mention, for a competing engine). All of those tools have their unique quirks and flaws, so it will be interesting to try this one as well.

Does this new partnership with Unity change the pricing? I did not see mention of that in the announcement.

 

Hi ekergraphics,
You can contact us directly for pricing details (contact@pi.xyz). But no worries, it's quite the same.

 

Hello,

Is there any documentation available for the plugin?

-Mikko F

 

@oliverschnabel Are the scripts you used in your microsoft demo available somewhere online?

 

HI,

If you download and install the trial version on www.pi.xyz/download you'll get access to the documentation

Thanks
PiXYZ team

 

Hello PiXYZ,

if i try to import an Creo-File in PiXYZ Studio the error message "CAD API failed error code (-10007)" appears.

Unfortunatly i can not provide you information about the file because it is under nda.

Are you able to help somehow?

With best regards

d_grass

 

Do you have a support forum?

 

Hi. I downloaded the the trial version of the plugin and try to test it before purchasing it .
Is the PiXYZ plugin only available for unity pro ?
I followed the documentation, but Im not able to activate the license in unity.
After I try to open the license manager window inside of unity I see this error.(see screenshot)
I also tried some different unity versions without any success.Im working on Mac and use the latest version of the plugin and unity 2018.1.1.f1.

Any help

 

Hi,
Sorry for this issue. For now the PiXYZ Plugin for Unity only works on Windows with Unity 2017.4 or above.
We hope to have it on Mac by the end of the year.
Thanks
PiXYZ team

 

Hi,
We're building a forum but in the meantime you can contact us at contact@pi.xyz
Thanks

 

Hi,
Are you using Unity 2017.4 or above ? Did you try same file in PiXYZ Studio?
Thanks
PiXYZ team

 

Hi,

I just try the trial and all works well on Windows.

Then I tried to build for my mobile ( android ) and it tells my invalid license.
So I tried to connect to my account to validate it, on the app, and I got :

"DllNotFoundException: Unable to load DLL 'PiXYZ4Unity'"

You already say it's possible to import in runtime but is it possible on mobile ?

Thanks in advance !

 

Ehm .... like I said in PiXYZ Studio ... not in Unity

Thanks again

 

Hi.

I am working in Unity I downloaded PiXYZ Plugin for unity and it will run but Camera movement getting a null reference
Why any idea?

 

How good is this the PiXYZ UV unwrapping? UV projection is very important and difficult task. Little is shown. Can any show a good screenshot other than...

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From the seller web site 2018

 

What is the process of getting a model into unity and retain its animation. I have animated an FBX but every time I bring it into Unity the animation is gone. I tried to re target using the same model (just not imported through PiXYZ) and it's animated but completely out of wack. What is the pipeline for working with animations and PiXYZ importing in unity? @PiXYZUnity

 

Hey d_grass,

did you get any answer ?

 

@PiXYZUnity we are considering changing from polytrans to PiXYZ, but i ran into some problems while testing the trial.
Is there anywhere a forum for PiXYZ Studio?
When importing my .stp files with polytrans all materials are assinged. In PiXYZ Studio all materials gets imported but totally lost the link to the geometries.
Some parts broke while tessellation. When importing the same model with 3DS max default importer the result is much better.
When identifying and exploding patches is there no option to select backfaces in wireframe mode? Some else it's a really dumb jop to select everything i want to attach.
Also explode bodys in the CAD menu doesn't has any impact. The manual and also the documentation are really reduced for a product with a yearly price tag over 1k.

 

I am using latest PiXYZ (PiXYZ4Unity-2018.3.1.r4) on latest version of Unity (Unity 2018.3.0f2 (64-bit)) on a system with PiXYZ licence. The sample scene ImportOnPlay is itself not working on build.

Also, when I imported the package, I got the error:
The method or operation is not implemented. System.Environment.FailFast (System.String message)

Please check screenshot.

Further, the PiXYZ 2018.1.x won't build at all on .NET 4.x which is required for Entity component system.

 

I tried pixyz, and I can't use the prefab to pass the unitypackage file in the unity project of different computers.
Through it, the model loses a lot of information, including merging and reorganizing the model and the loss of mesh.

 

Hi, I had the change to play with PiXYZ a bit and I am wondering if you plan on adding baking of vertex or texture ambient occlusion as we discovered that it breaks a lot of quality to our models in unity.
Currently I use faogen to build the vertex AO but I think it would be great to have it all in one tool.

 

Hey Mate, have you got any further in solving the issue, After a day of searching and fiddling, i'm still stumped.

 

Hi. I downloaded the the trial version but when i test it it take alote of time and memory to load just 10mb models.
is there any configurations to solve that ?

 

Hello,
I'm using PiXYZ plugin to import CAD files runtime, so any editor feature is probably won't work. Could you please tell me how can I use the RuleEngine at runtime in any script?
When I tried to use PiXYZ.Plugin.Unity.Tools.RuleSet.run to use a preconfigured RuleSet to do some adjustements after importing the model, the build failed. It is in the PiXYZPluginUnityEditor.dll which is editor only and if I try to include it the build still fails.
Is there any way to use the features from the RuleSet without using the rules (like building bounding boxes or moving objects, etc...) or is it possible to somehow use it in a "Standalone x86_64" build?

 

When I import .stp, pixyz show CAD API failed error code (-1).
I use pixyz for unity 3x. Please give me a solution about it.

 

@PiXYZUnity

Hello,
is it possible to use the PiXYZ Unity plugin within a final application only. What does "only one file at a time and batch processing not allowed" mean in this context?

Is there an extra licence model for cases you need to import more then one cad file at a time and include all files into a batch process?

 

Hello everyone. Thanks a lot for your interest & questions regarding PiXYZ technology and the PiXYZ Plugin for Unity.
Shall you have any question or request regarding PiXYZ, please contact us directly using this email : contact@pi.xyz or through the PiXYZ Helpdesk : https://pixyzsoftware.freshdesk.com/support/home

We'll be happy to answer all your questions !
PiXYZ Team

 

FYI, a new release of PiXYZ products has been released : PiXYZ 2019.1.
- PiXYZ Studio 2019.1 release notes : https://www.pixyz-software.com/documentations/html/2019.1/studio/WhatsNewinPiXYZSTUDIO20191.html
- PiXYZ Plugin for Unity 2019.1 release notes : https://www.pixyz-software.com/documentations/html/2019.1/plugin4unity/ReleaseNotes.html
- New VRED Import process : https://www.pixyz-software.com/documentations/html/2019.1/plugin4unity/Nouveauchapitre1.html

 

@ CSI_Team : Yes, it is indeed possible to use PIXYZ in a Unity built/runtime application. In that scenario, a user UI must be added to your app allowing the end-user to install & activate a PiXYZ license from the runtime app, and load a CAD model, one at a time.
Importing a full folder/set of files in one time is not possible using PiXYZ Plugin (see PiXYZ EULA). PiXYZ Studio.Batch product would be the solution for such a process.

 

Hi PiXYZUnity!

I have a small question.
What you see in this video

is it viable in WebGL?

EDIT:
In my case, local files will not be used, my application would receive an IFC sent by a server.

Thank you!

 

Hi,

I imported a model with metadata into my Unity project.

The goal is to display the data in a UI.

I'm having trouble to get hold of te Name and Value text in the metadata script? The script seems not accessible. Do i need to add a library to get acces?

Hope someone can help me out.

 

First you have to use the namespace:
using PiXYZ.Import;

Then you reference the Metadata-component:
Metadata myMetadata = GetComponent<Metadata>();

Then you can access a property, for example:
string myProperty = myMetadata.getProperty("propertyname");

You may also have a look at the API

 

@Cascho01

I managed to use; To get and Set a property value.
But i'm having trouble to get all properties in the shape of a dictonary.
I tried many ways, but without succes.

My question is how can i read all properties in the metadata.cs at once?

Maybe it is Unity C# Dictionary related, but it would be appreciated if you could help me.

here is a part of my code.

Code (CSharp):

1. Metadata metadata = selectedObject.transform.root.GetComponentInChildren<Metadata>();
2.  
3. Dictionary<string, string> properties = metadata.getProperties();
4.  
5. goPropData.text = properties.ToString();
6.  
7. // Also tried
8.  
9. Dictionary<string, string> properties = metadata.getProperties();
10.  
11. string propName = properties["Name"];
12.  
13. goPropData.text = propName.ToString();

 

Your dictionary should be fine, but you have to do something like:

Code (CSharp):

1. foreach (string str in properties.Keys)      
2. print(str + " " + properties[str]);

 

Are there any plans to enable import of data from 3ds Max, including V-Ray material import and conversion? (or Redshift, Corona, Fstorm or any of the other mainstream render engine pipelines)?

 

Hello, I'm trying to generate a LOD chain for my photogrammetry mesh (.obj) in Unity, and according to the documentation (https://www.pixyz-software.com/documentations/html/2019.2/plugin4unity/MeshQualityGroup1.html) if I pick "Maximum" quality in the LOD model for LOD0 the plugin will not do any mesh manipulation at all. "The imported mesh will be fully preserved: no optimization will be run." But my LOD0 still looks crunched, the normals and UV is messed up :/
Whats going on? is there some other checkbox I need to tick?

 

According to the documentation, pixyz can import only PXZ format at runtime and only on Windows Standalone x64.
@PiXYZUnity Is this still the case? and if yes, are there any plans on bringing the runtime import functionality for other formats and other platforms?

My case would be, i need to import DWG files at runtime into my application, on iOS. Is it possible to do this with PiXYZ?

 

You missunderstand the information from the docs. You can import the formats at runtime, I personnally use IFC for runtime archviz imports. Windows Standalone you may be right.

 

almost a year and no answer :-(

 

Yah...
Since there was no replay to my UV mapping question, I end up purchasing Rhino for the conversion of NURBS IGS to poly, RizomUV for UV mapping, MantisLOD for LOD, and testing InstaLOD.

PiXYZ on paper looks awesome having all in one place. I can understand why is not available in the asset store. But I'm afraid of the prize and not having a perpetual license. Anyway, I do not understand the difference between PiXYZ Studio vs PiXYZ Unity... Do we need both?

 

You only need the plugin. The plugin can export quite a lot and the tool has a lot to offer. If you want extra possibilites you can buy the studio version as well but you don't need it

 

Anyway, since its not a perpetual license is unaffordable for me.

 

Hi there. I'm having this problem too, using the latest plugin version 2020.2.1.9 and Unity 2018.4.14f1 | 2018.4.18f1, it always pops up a Exception while initializing Pixyz plugin : PiXYZPlugin4Unity while trying to activate the product.