How to make object solid?

S Shepherd

Ooops, I had trouble with the upload.
I'm not used to this forum setup just yet.
This model is a little more complete.

SS

ksau

@s shepherd said:

Ooops, I had trouble with the upload.
I'm not used to this forum setup just yet.
This model is a little more complete.

SS

cool, thank you for your work! Prints like a charm

Best regards
Keith

ksau

Hi experts,

this time I need to print this one:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=cb0b1138ce7f263e90cdb0d1a06b1e4e

I need to make it solid first. After trying for several hours you see me begging for help... I am too stupid for the 3rd dimension. Or at least for sketchup

Solid Inspector complains about nearly everything and I am not able to fix these issues... Any help is appreciated!

Best regards
Keith

cotty

I've started to make it solid, but as Dave suggested, it would be faster to create it from the beginning because of the many construction faults...

If you want to try it anyway, follow these steps:

delete all materials
explode all groups and components and nested ones
delete inner faces
flip backfaces
close volume
-...

cotty

@ksau said:

cool, thank you for your work! Prints like a charm

I would love to see a picture from the printed model!

ksau

@cotty said:

@ksau said:

cool, thank you for your work! Prints like a charm

I would love to see a picture from the printed model!

Here you are...

pbacot

@ksau said:

Hi experts,

this time I need to print this one:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=cb0b1138ce7f263e90cdb0d1a06b1e4e

I need to make it solid first. After trying for several hours you see me begging for help... I am too stupid for the 3rd dimension. Or at least for sketchup

Solid Inspector complains about nearly everything and I am not able to fix these issues... Any help is appreciated!

Best regards
Keith

Are you still working on this? There are a lot of different parts here. I suppose you need to make it all one solid component? Just to offer at least some idea. You might take the repetitive components and work on them then work on the large parts making them solid. Then you can combine the solid components you've made. faces need to be added and the way much of it is made does not lead naturally to building a solid. And fair warning, you may work on it a long time and discover some sloppiness in the original will prevent you from ultimately making it all solid. Good luck. You might take the best parts and recreate the worst parts yourself from scratch, using the original model as a guide.

S Shepherd

It's not that difficult. One baseball game and Bob's your uncle.
On the other hand, have fun painting.

SS

Unbenannt SS.skp

ksau

@s shepherd said:

It's not that difficult. One baseball game and Bob's your uncle.
On the other hand, have fun painting.

SS

S-U-P-E-R-B!
Thank you!!!

Took me hours yesterday to only fix the small edges on the roof... I will try to improve my skills, promised

Friends of mine will get married on Friday in this building (the town hall of Aachen, Germany). I want to print and illuminate the building like I did with the cathedral, see above, as a present for them.

Again: Thanks!

Best regards
Keith

cotty

@ksau said:

Here you are...

Nice!
Thank you

@ksau said:

Friends of mine will get married on Friday in this building (the town hall of Aachen, Germany). I want to print and illuminate the building like I did with the cathedral, see above, as a present for them.

Nice idea!