File types ToolBox will Rotary work with.
As ToolBox Rotary is still in its early stages of development there are some limitations in the files and shapes we can work with in the Rotary option of ToolBox. We are continuing to develop and update the Rotary program within ToolBox, which will allow us to add more files to this list in the future.
Please see below the files that Tempus Tools can work with currently:
Single body parts only
Profile types of rectangle/square, circle or flat-sided oval
The exterior edge of the part is not a perfect square (there's some external radius on the profile)
The interior of the profiles are hollow
Are not folded
This means Tempus Tools is unable to handle profiles that have any of the following properties:
They are a "multi-body" part
The profile type is anything other than those listed above. For example, other types of ovals or a hexagonal profiles, or any open profiles like angle iron, channel or I-beam.
The interior is solid or partially solid
The bends for rectangular/square tubes are irregular: an overly sharp interior angle, a 90 degree interior or exterior angle, or any other shape that can only be formed via extrusion.
A bend in them, e.g. L-shaped tube
NOTE: Our tube processing technology will be updated in 2026 to be able to handle all tube profile types.
Examples
Body types
Accepted: solid body
Unaccepted: mesh (needs to be "stitched" to convert to solid)