Round edges

Rich O Brien

Do you have Artisan or Subdivide and Smooth?

Jean Lemire

Hi folks.

A few tricks:

1 - Size of the model

After seeing the dimensions shown I suspect that some edges in this model may end up smaller than 1 mm or about 1/16 inch in length. This will create open faces. The solution is to draw larger than real life and then to scale down when done. Use a factor of 10 or even 100.

2 - Symmetry of the model

Since this model has a twofold and maybe a fourfold symmetry, you can probably create only one half or one quarter of it and obtain the other half or quarters by copying and flipping the already done half or quarter.

3 - Using the Sand Box From Contours tool (SBFC)

Using the abomentionned tool, I got a decent looking model. I had to flip a few edges after using the SBFC tool.

Just ideas.

costan83

this is what i got
how can i fix it?

phone.skp

costan83

yes it worked perfectly
thanks!

edit:there's an error

Alan Fraser

Turn on Hidden geometry and erase all the bad geometry that lies between the outermost edge of the phone and the outermost lozenge shape (all the other, more inner faces look fine). Pay special attention to getting rid of any long edges that are running along the long axis of the phone. You'll then need to manually stitch all of the segments on the outer corners to the edges of the lozenge. No nodes on the outer edge should be connected to any others...all the connections ought to be between the outer edge and the lozenge...the shorter the better.