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PeterSach1-Visitor
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March 25, 2014
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Freeform

  • March 25, 2014
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How do I combine several freeform shapes to make an object that can be exported as an .STL file?

example.jpgThe eyes and nose of this animal are seperate freeform objects. I would like to extrude a cut through the "snout" to make a mouth. I'm sure somewhere I saw a command to convert freeform to object- I'm looking for some kind of boolean add command I think!

Any pointers?

Best regards

Peter

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      TimBrotherhood1-Visitor
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      March 25, 2014

      Peter, I love the character you have created.

      • After creating the overlapping freestyle features, select them all in the model tree (holding down Ctrl).
      • In the Model tab, Editing group, select Merge then OK in the ribbon.
      • With the Merge feature selected in the model tree, in the Model tab, Editing group, select Solidify then click OK in the ribbon.

      You now have a solid that can have the mouth shape removed maybe with a symmetric extrude.

      A zip of a model I created applying this technique is attached.

      Merge_freestlye.jpg

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      PeterSach1-VisitorAuthor
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      March 26, 2014

      Cheers Tim

      Struggling with this.

      Todays design intent....

      fairey-front.jpg

      I've modelled the fairy (weight for a ballon) have managed to combine the hear and the wings but cannot get the body to merge/solidify. I suspect it it because it is self intersecting.

      screen-fairy.jpg

      I've attached the file

      Many thanks for your help.

      Peter

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      TimBrotherhood1-Visitor
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      March 26, 2014

      You mention the most common reason for a shape failing to solidy/thicken.

      Look out for very tight curves and also the control frame overlapping. If solidify wont work try thicken with a very thin section. Creo should thicken most of the model (grey) but not the problem areas (blue) which help focus in on the surfaces that need tweaking..

      Freestyle_thicken_test.jpg

      I tried downloaded the zip file to take a look but the part had the wrong extension.

      Try uploading the native Creo part file and I will have a look.

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