Importing .STL into Blend

Hello Everyone,

I am trying to use a solid works model by importing it in Blender by the following method mentioned http://sites.google.com/site/xnaprojectsite2/tutorials/getting-model-to-fbx.
The issue we are facing is we are loosing out on the colors given in Solid Works when imported in Blender. Experts here can you please give a solution.

Thanks in Advance.

Regards,
Vidyadhar

It’s possible that Solidwork’s exporter and Blender’s importer aren’t 100% compatible. You could try the wrl.-format which Blender supports. There’s also a currently experimental dxf-importer which can be enabled from the Preference menu. Good luck!

Thanks Daccy. We already tried wrl but its not importing. I will check with the dxf-importer and get back to you

In case it doesn’t work, the following thread might help:
http://keyshot.com/forum/index.php?topic=508.0

I’ve used Solidworks from time to time and I find it quite remarkable that it doesn’t have a native support for OBJ.