4 Replies Latest reply on Nov 4, 2010 7:36 PM by Matthew Perez

Looking for some basic (hopefully) surfacing help...

Rodger Lyle Oct 22, 2010 3:16 PM

So I have a model of a vent, based on imported geometry.

I was able to use "Delete Face" in several instances, as well as a few Surface Extends to fix up most of the surfaces. However , if you look at the attached file and unsuppress Delete Face 58, you'll see the area that's giving me trouble. I basically just want to delete all of those faces, and then fill in that area, preferably with an end result of just having one face along the entire mounting surface. I've also created 2 3D sketches that outline the border for the area to be filled in. Any help in filling the void would be greatly appreciated.

I'm fairly new to surfacing, so if you have any other pointers, feel free to fire away.

Thank you,

Rodger

Vent - SW Forum.SLDPRT.zip 2.0 MB

Re: Looking for some basic (hopefully) surfacing help...

Jeff Mowry Oct 22, 2010 3:28 PM (in response to Rodger Lyle)

Rodger, it looks like there are some inconsistencies in the surface geometry up to that point. For instance, I can delete all the faces of that flange, and create a composite curve of the outer edges of the flange, but cannot get a composite curve to work for the inner edges of the flange (disjoint curve error). Did you run diagnostics on the imported geometry to heal gaps and surfaces before all the deleted face operations? This may help.
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  Rodger Lyle Oct 22, 2010 3:43 PM (in response to Jeff Mowry)
  
  Hi Jeff,
  
  I ran the import diagnostics, and I was able to heal all gaps...
  
  However, since the inconsistencies seem to lie along the inner edge, maybe it's fine up until the point where I run Delete Face 58? Not sure if that makes sense, though...
  
  Vent - no gaps.bmp 6.4 MB
  
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  Rodger Lyle Oct 22, 2010 3:51 PM (in response to Jeff Mowry)
  
  Hey Jeff,
  
  I was able to create the 2 composite curves; there were a couple breaks that you really had to zoom in on in order to see them.
  
  Vent - Comp. Curves.SLDPRT.zip 1.1 MB
  
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    Matthew Perez Nov 4, 2010 7:36 PM (in response to Rodger Lyle)
    
    What do you need to do with the most recent model? The edge of the inner one is in bad shape. I think the end model would be better if you recreated that part as well.
    
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