Sheetmetal to Solid Geometry?? Is this possible?

[ptc-3094489]

Is it possible to convert a sheetmetal part into solid geometry? I have multiple sheetmetal parts in an assembly that I need to "cut-out" from another part in preparation for CFD. I am using Wild Fire 4 it that matters. Thanks in advance. Hatch
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[cfitzgerald-2]

Hi Hatch, Were the "sheetmetal" parts created using the ProE sheetmetal module with a first wall and other sheetmetal features? If they were, then they are solid geometry. The sheetmetal part(s) in an assembly can be used to create a cut out to another part in assembly mode using Edit>Component Operations>Cut Out. Regards-

[ptc-3094489]

My guess is that these parts were started as solid extrusions and later converted to sheetmetal parts. From within an assembly I could neither Edit >> Component Operations >> Cut Out nor Edit >> Component Operations >> Merge using these parts. Pro/E would report back that these parts were 'invalid selections'. I finally ended up remodeling the parts to solve the problem. But now that I have the cut out working, I have a different problem, which is neither Gambit, EnSight nor CFdeisgn will read in the geometry so I can begin meshing.