COB to IGES
Please find below the list of our other useful resources related to the COB and IGES interoperability and exchange that can help you with the COB to IGES conversion.
- Automesher desktop application for Windows to convert 3D file formats
- Export IGES from Sketchup drawing
- Convert 3D mesh files in the batch mode
- Change 3D model units in STEP / IGES files
COB File
COB (Caligari TrueSpace Object) is a 3D object file format developed by Caligari Corporation. The COB file can be encoded in ASCII and binary formats and in general binary files should be used as they are smaller and faster for programs to process. Our Autoconverter and Automesher Application COB file converters, can read and import COB files thanks to the open asset import library. It allows us to support custom materials, textures, UV coordinates and other common 3D object properties.
IGES File
IGES (Initial Graphics Exchange Specification) is the initial file format for the data exchange between different systems e.g. CAD, CAM or CAE. As the geometry data are stored in a text file format, you will get bigger file sizes when exporting triangular meshes with thousands of faces using Autoconverter software. The IGES file format supports color per assembly, but without the alpha component, therefore any transparency setting will be lost in the IGES file.