Surface will not thicken - please help!

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April 7, 2015
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Hi all,

I'm having great trouble trying to thicken what seems like a very simple, smooth surface, with no undercuts in Parametric 2.0. I've tried the various different fits (controlled and automatic) with no success. If anyone could give me any guidance I'd be extremely grateful.

Please see attached files.

Thanks,

Sam

1_hood-prt-7.zip

Surfacing

Best answer by MartinHanak

Samuel,

I suppressed Mirror and Merge features. Then I was able to thicken 2 of 3 patches, see grey areas on my picture. Third patch cannot be thickened, because surfaces are self intersecting. Apply Curvature analysis and you will see strange results at the bottom of the quilt (shoulder). Maybe if you cut shoulder off, then the problem disappears.

"How to thicken one patch":

set selection filter to Quilt
select quilt
CTRL+c
CTRL+v
in dashboard click Reeferences > Details > Excluded Surfaces
press CTRL and select unwanted surfaces
finish Copy feature
select surface and apply Thicken feature (0.5)

Martin Hanak

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DavorGranic

16-Pearl

Hi Samuel,

sadly I cant open education version of file. So my guess is that mirroring that surface creates problem in zone where mirrored surface connects with original.

Try thickening before mirror.

Cheers

S

shopperton

Author

1-Visitor

Hi Davor,

Oh I see, my apologies. Still no luck thickening before the mirror sadly!

D

dschenken

1-Visitor

I would look to increase the part accuracy, changing it to absolute if it isn't already, and to use a small thickness value to start.

M

MartinHanak

Answer

24-Ruby III

Samuel,

I suppressed Mirror and Merge features. Then I was able to thicken 2 of 3 patches, see grey areas on my picture. Third patch cannot be thickened, because surfaces are self intersecting. Apply Curvature analysis and you will see strange results at the bottom of the quilt (shoulder). Maybe if you cut shoulder off, then the problem disappears.

"How to thicken one patch":