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Making a solid body out of many surfaces

Question asked by Grace Chung on Apr 16, 2012
Latest reply on Apr 19, 2012 by 1-4EQZK9

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Hi,

I was given a bike model made up of many surfaces and was given the task to make it into one solid body with a thickness of 2mm. I tried to knit all the surfaces together and use the thickness command, and thickened individual pieces together and merged them, but there are still some pieces of the bike I cannot form into a solid body and/or give a thickness to. If someone could provide alternate methods to help me make the bike model into one solid body and have a thickness of 2mm it will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time,

Grace

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1-4EQZK9 Apr 16, 2012 8:36 PM
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Hi Grace,

You might have success if you instead knit all the surfaces together and then cap the ends and make a knitted solid - then instead of thicken try to shell.

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Mark
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- Grace Chung @ 1-4EQZK9 on Apr 17, 2012 3:46 AM
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  Hi,
  
  I have knitted into one piece but what you mean by cap the ends and make a knitted solid?\\Thanks
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  - Prasannaraj A @ Grace Chung on Apr 17, 2012 5:14 AM
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    When he means cap ends it means close all open areas in the surface. for example if there is a surface like a tube, you have to close both the open ends of the tube.
    While knitting, there is a check box in the option saying try to form a solid, check that option and if there are no problems with your surface it will easily form a solid
    
    Regards
    Prasannaraj
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- Doug Seibel @ 1-4EQZK9 on Apr 17, 2012 7:16 AM
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  Mark's idea may work, but the result will not be what Grace has been asked to do. Bikes are not made from solid bars, they are made from tubing.
  
  Grace,
  Odds are you have some surfaces that have curvatures that are too small/sharp for SW to be able to offset/thicken them. If you can isolate the problem surfaces, you may be able to delete them and replace them with a smoother surface that SW can then offset/thicken.
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  - Glenn Schroeder @ Doug Seibel on Apr 17, 2012 8:06 AM
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    Doug Seibel wrote:
    
    Mark's idea may work, but the result will not be what Grace has been asked to do. Bikes are not made from solid bars, they are made from tubing.
    That's why he said to shell it after making it a solid.
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- Roland Schwarz @ 1-4EQZK9 on Apr 17, 2012 8:57 AM
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  Mark is right. Shell is far more forgiving than Thicken, and the end result is the same. Shell includes processes o compensate for surface inconsistencies that Thicken does not. I have done this with complex molded shells recently.
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- Grace Chung @ 1-4EQZK9 on Apr 18, 2012 7:12 AM
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  Hi,
  
  I still can't seem to figure it out but I uploaded the bike file above, if anyone can take a look at it, it would be appreciated.
  
  Thanks
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  - 1-4EQZK9 @ Grace Chung on Apr 18, 2012 12:45 PM
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    Hi Grace,
    
    You need to click on the "Use advanced editor in the upper right corner of your edit reply window. Once you are in Advanced editor mode, you can then click on the button at the bottom of the window to upload your SW file and/or image files.
    
    Regards
    
    Mark
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    - Grace Chung @ 1-4EQZK9 on Apr 19, 2012 2:19 AM
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      Hi,
      
      Sorry I meant to say I did upload it. I was just wondering if you could take a look at it because methods have stopped working.
      
      Thanks
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      - 1-4EQZK9 @ Grace Chung on Apr 19, 2012 6:25 PM
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        Hi Grace,
        
        What CAD system is this originally done on? - If this is imported via iges, you need to go to your options when importing and make sure the option "try forming solid" is checkmarked. Also, use import diagnositcs if you see an exclamantion in the imported surface feature/s to attempt and close gaps etc.
        
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        Mark
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