Hi all,
I am currently having difficulties making a smart solid from 3 different surfaces that I created using the 'Loft' tool.
The issue I think occurs from the original shapes, being that of a 'pringle crisp' shape the arcs along the shape go off in different directions from each other and that of the other shape lofting between.
This caused me some issue originally when trying to loft between the curves, though eventually I manage to create the surfaces.
My issue now is that no matter what I try, I just can't seem to get the surfaces to convert to 'smart surfaces' and therefore can't create a 'smart sold'.
If someone could have a look at the file attached for me and hopefully find solution, that would be great!
I am hoping it is something simple that I have just missed.
Kind Regards
David
Concrete Surround.dgn
Making the outer profile into a single b-spline rather than a complex chain may help, what was the sequence of lofting that you used?
BTW, which version are you using?
Marc
Yes, I think the creation process could be coming into play. I converted each surface into a mesh, and then stitched them together into a single mesh element. After running the Mesh Audit tool it's reporting a number of overlaps and voids.
Hi Steve,
Thank you for taking time out to reply to my question.
I got the same result as yourself when turning it into a mesh....thinking this would easily allow me to create a smart solid from it.
I eventually got the solid created using a different method. (See my reply to Marc)
Regards
H David,
You're welcome! It is trickier to create a single solid from surfaces generated in this fashion since the outer edges between the various pieces need to be completely coincident with each other - that seems to be essentially what the mesh conversion + audit is showing. You're revised method of thickening the surface into a solid and then subtracting one from the other does seem like a much better approach.