solidifying surfaces

[ptc-40436]

For some reason that I cannot seem to locate this model will not solidify. All the surfaces are merged "joined" together just fine but for some reason the solidify function will not activate when I go to the Edit menu. Does anyone know of a way to check sll the surfaces without having to go through each and every one of them?
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[ptc-1428410]

after completion of merging, select that complete quilt do COPY then PASTE now use copied quilt for solidify Venu

[ptc-40436]

I'll try that.

[ptc-40436]

I tried that and it did not work.

[ptc-1180088]

A good way to find out if you have an open quilt (which would prevent you from being able to solidify) is to look at the model in wireframe. If the an edge is purple, it is bounded on both sides by quilt patches (which is ok) and if it is pink, it is a one-sided quilt edge and is most likely the source of your problem. If you have multiple quilts in your model you may want to hide everything except the one you are solidifying.

[ptc-40436]

what would I do to fix that quilt? is it as simple as redefining the edge I used to create it?

[ptc-1180088]

Without seeing the geometry itself, it's hard to say. If you have an open edged quilt you need to somehow close it in order to solidify. Think of your quilt surfaces as a complex 'can' of water. If the water will leak out anywhere, you can't make a solid out of it.

[ptc-40436]

I understand , thanks alot for your help I did find the problem and right now I am trying to fix it . I created a style feature to do this and I created 2 curves one on top of the other. I used it to create an adjacent surface that would not flip in the correct direction.

[ptc-1180088]

I don't do much with the style feature anymore due to the nature of my work, but I remember having to do something similar. You might also want to make a separate style feature to make a patch that "bridges" the quilts, then merge it into the original style.

[ptc-40436]

that is something that I do very often using multiple style quilts and merging them. Thanks very much for you help Mark