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January 25, 2010
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Joining surfaces to obtain a volume,and then solidify it

  • January 25, 2010
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I received a CimatronIT native model which contain a very simple geometry but only surfaces. I'd like to join those sufaces to obtain a volume and then solidify it! Someone can theach me the way to do it? Thanks

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    1-Visitor
    January 25, 2010
    Try to merge the surfaces. Select two surface/quilts and use merge icon to make it one surface and repeat till you have all the individual surface/quilt merged to one single quilt. lastly select the final quilt and solidify. -Chander.
    1-Visitor
    February 1, 2010
    If the imported surfaces are treated as a single feature, you will have to use the "Import Data Doctor" to fix it. Right click on the feature and use the surface merge function in it. That will allow you to select each surface seperately. Good luck.
    1-Visitor
    February 1, 2010
    Well.....are there any pink, instead of purple, edges? If so there are boundary issues, that may or may not be fixable with Data Dr.. You may have to delete surfaces, and put in new surfaces before you try and merge. If you have Solidworks, that actually has a much better translator than Pro/E. In cases where I had geometry problems on import directly into Pro/E, I'd import it into SW first, then STEP it out to Pro/E. Beats fixing things by creating surfaces.