[RossFS]

We are only running version 12.1 (academic) version of ANSYS products.

Original mesh is generated from a (cleaned up) point cloud.

We are able to export the stator mesh out of ICEM to IGES format okay, but the rotor design will not export in IGES format (some sort of error message ending in 914, I can dig up the exact message).

Have tried pushing the mesh over to FEM in Workbench and tried to do the conversion to Parasolid format, but it just smashes the computer (Quad core 3.5gig RAM) and it didn't look like it was going to finish after 20min.

Rhino 3D format outputted by ICEM CFD won't open in SolidWorks (2011) even though it supports the file format.

What follows is most of the stuff I've tried:
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Rhino 3D format opened in Rhino 3D okay and exporting from here works okay for generating surfaces in a variety of formats, but our CAM software needs a solid created to be able to recognise the rotor's blades.

Generating a solid rotor in Rhino 3d is failing.
Generating a solid rotor in SolidWorks is failing also (via trying to close [via knit] all the outer surfaces of the rotor and also via trying to thicken the rotor's surfaces).

Can open a .dwg file outputted from Rhino in SolidWorks but there are so many curves that any computers I use take a hammering and don't look promising.

SolidWorks can import meshes and point clouds in a few formats, but doesn't appear to deal with them too well and I can't just "join the dots" and make curves and then loft a solid out of some closed curves for some reason.