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    Cant make solid with curviloft

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    • M Offline
      MAGICMAN
      last edited by

      Thanks Pilou, Exploding the cube and expoloding the top face and then regrouping it fixed the cube. However the other shape I could not fix. . Thanks TIG, I have posted the SKP in the previous post.

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
        last edited by

        Internal faces as TIG suspected also prevents your group from being solid.


        try.skp

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        • M Offline
          MAGICMAN
          last edited by

          Thanks guys for your prompt help. What did you do to fix it Dave?

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          • gillesG Offline
            gilles
            last edited by

            Look at this:
            (note: I just hide the top face)
            Also orient the faces.


            try_2_V6.skp

            " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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            • M Offline
              MAGICMAN
              last edited by

              Wow thanks Gilles, that really helped me. Thanks to all for your help. Much appreciated.

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              • Dave RD Offline
                Dave R
                last edited by

                I just deleted the internal faces and unneeded edges. Probably what gilles showed.

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  There are two unneeded internal vertical partition faces and a curved surface 'top', which form the 'internal' parts of the end 'wall' and these need removing.
                  Edit the group.
                  Temporarily hide the front wall's face; Select and Delete those three faces/surface, then erase the two faceless edges that are left over.
                  Unhide the wall's front face.
                  Exit the group-edit.
                  The group is now a 'solid'.
                  Easy as that.
                  Solid-Inspector shows the problem straight off.


                  Capture.PNG

                  TIG

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                  • M Offline
                    MAGICMAN
                    last edited by

                    Thanks Tig. I loaded the Solid Inspector plugin. It worked great. Thanks again.

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                    • L Offline
                      luisfmitren
                      last edited by

                      how can i make this a solid??? i need help!!!


                      Screen Shot 2013-06-04 at 5.50.51 PM.png

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        @luisfmitren said:

                        how can i make this a solid??? i need help!!!

                        A 'solid' object is shown 'solid' in Entity Info...
                        If it is not a 'solid' then use thomthom's 'Solid Inspector' to see the issues...

                        Ensure that the to-be-solid group/component contains nothing except edges and faces, and that all of those edges have exactly two faces.
                        So it can never be a 'solid' if it contains :
                        nested subgroups.
                        nested subcomponent-instances.
                        faceless [lone] edges.
                        holes in surfaces - no matter how tiny >> edges with one face.
                        flap-faces >> edges with one face.
                        internal-partition-faces >> edges with three or more faces.
                        shared-edges - by two otherwise separate volumes e.g. two cubes touching along one shared edge >> four faces on that edge.
                        overlaid-faces >> more that two faces per edge [this is possible with some weird geometry, where two faces are all-but coincident [and so appear as one face] but an edge can actually have three, not two faces].
                        any other objects [although guide-pints/guide-lines are allowed].

                        Many of these issues are easily fixable:
                        by exploding nested objects [so you only have edges/faces].
                        over-drawing edges to form missing faces [healing holes etc].
                        selecting unwanted edges/faces, then pressing <delete>.
                        using a section-plane to see its internal geometry, so that you can delete it as needed.
                        temporarily grouping some geometry to move it apart, e.g. if there is a shared-edge - remember to explode that group when you are done...

                        TIG

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                        • GaieusG Offline
                          Gaieus
                          last edited by

                          With curviloft, you will most probably get a group which is separated from the contours (and their "fillings") therefore it must have holes at the two ends. Copy/paste (in place) those ends into the "curvilofetd" group.

                          (Or post your model, too, so we can have a look).

                          Gai...

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