Hi,
I am relatively new to SW and am trying to form a solid out of the 6 surfaces I created. However the try to form solid check box is grayed out and I am not sure why. Can someone help me with a workaround to get a solid from the surfaces or let me know as to possible reasons the box is grayed out?
Thanks in advance
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Most likely, there are some gaps or interferances that are causing the problem. Try extending the edges of your surfaces through each other and then use the Intersect tool to create the solid body.
I think your Surface-Fill1 created some weird geometry. If you look closely at it it you will see parts of it got messed up. I don't really know the purpose of that fill but I'd get rid of it if you can.
Also the Right-Sketch you used for the Surface-Loft6 does not match up with the edge of the adjacent surface. You should convert the edges of the adjacent surface to create that sketch.
You have too many gaps (light blue edges) between your surface edges, and the surfaces are not Knitted together. I got it to work by constructing the edges using Boundary Surface and Fill. I'm using 2014 so I'm not sure if you can open the file or not.
I have 2013, so i could not open your file. I will let you know how boundary surface and fill is working out for me.
Hi again,
I am unable to get the solid. So I started redoing my surface and mesh and now when i try to create a loft surface between 'BottomBak' and 'Bottom', it gives an error saying cant create as they are self-intersecting surfaces. Can anyone help me understand as why a surface can't be created between the 2 entitites mentioned above. Solid Part available here https://utexas.box.com/s/s8h5e49yes1g4xmltlyv.
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When you start the loft and select the sketches, drag the green connector dots to the same side on both sketches. Then right click anywhere and click "show all connectors" and position the light blue dots so that the lines joining the two sketches don't cross.
Yes, now it creates a loft surface. Thanks very much, Jamil Snead.
When you start the loft and select the sketches, drag the green connector dots to the same side on both sketches. Then right click anywhere and click "show all connectors" and position the light blue dots so that the lines joining the two sketches don't cross.