SimMechanics Import fails with original examples
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I'm trying to import a CAD Modell exported via sim mechanics link out of Autodesk Inventor 2015 into Matlab 2014b.
No matter which kind of model I'm using I get different kind of errors and exceptions by using smimport(). I even tried to export and import the robot.iam used in the examples at http://de.mathworks.com/help/physmod/sm/ug/import-robot-arm-model.html
>> smimport('robot.xml')
Caught "std::exception" Exception message is:
bad lexical cast: source type value could not be interpreted as target
If I try to import the already in the setup included export files (sm_robot.xml) it works fine.
I compared the two xml files but did not see any markable differences (they are not identically since the original file seems to be generated via a solidworks export, but I can't see any problems in the file)
Any Ideas what I'm doing wrong??
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Niklas Lohmar
on 8 Apr 2020
"It seems that is a bug in SimMechanics Link caused by decimal issue ( "." vs. "," ). As an workaround, try to replace the commas with full stops (".") in the XML file." Thanks to @Emanuel Dogaru. I have fixed the problem with this easy Way.
If you change this Regional Settings, all xml-fils will run in the future.
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Emanuel Dogaru
on 18 May 2015
It seems that is a bug in SimMechanics Link caused by decimal issue ( "." vs. "," ). As an workaround, try to replace the commas with full stops (".") in the XML file.
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Alexander Vasco
on 1 Mar 2020
Muchas gracias, increible la solución tan simple. Llevaba varias horas intentando arreglar ese error.
Niklas Lohmar
on 8 Apr 2020
If you change this Regional Settings, all xml-fils will run in the future.
Josef Liebhart
on 17 Apr 2015
Hey Ricardo, did you solve the Problem yet?
I have got the same one...
I would be pleasured by an answer.
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Felipe Cherfan
on 10 Mar 2016
That is the solution... replace "," to "." its ridiculous a softWare that costs a lot of money doing this with us. I spent 4 ours of my day searching the solution, ridiculous.
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samuel E. IGLESIAS DIAZ
on 28 Jun 2021
i have this problem, i need to solve this problem
bad lexical cast: source type value could not be interpreted as target
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