Sheet solid into solid solid ?

[paulfell]

Our work normally comes in as a load of surfaces, we then create a solid from surfaces, it quite often is then a sheet solid- which makes it difficult to put fillet rads on some edges. Is there an easy way to turn the sheet solid into a full solid? - thanks

[crazy^millman]

Unless the surfaces are water tight you will not get a closed body solid. Even then may not be the results you are really after. What is your customer using to model their parts with? Can they send you the native files? Have you looked at SpaceClaim?

[paulfell]

Normally sent as Catia files, what is SpaceClaim?

[crazy^millman]

Normally sent as Catia files, what is SpaceClaim?

 

I have never had a problem reading any CATIA file with translator. Need to talk to your dealer and get the CATIA translator so you can request the native file and import directly from them.

 

SpaceClaim is a CAD software that does amazing things with surface models to help someone turn them int solids.

[crazy^millman]

I also got surface finish contour to work, just need to turn off the Check Transition for Gouge and Check Retract for Gouge. I would also turn off retract to absolute .25. I would use Point toolpath to approach and retract out of the hole.

 

Not sure how this reply got over here?

[paulfell]

what do you mean by native file?

[crazy^millman]

what do you mean by native file?

 

Any file that is from the software that created it is called a native file. You send someone a Mastercam file that you create everything in you are sending them a native file from Mastercam. You want the CATIA file for the part from your customer. Normally they have everything you need to work with. The issue is you need to a translator to convert the file from CATIA into Mastercam.

[paulfell]

I believe we get the native file, we use a Moldplus translator - so not sure if there is a solution ?

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

You could always create surfaces from the solids on another level and then try knitting them, possibly manually patching any holes.

[#Rekd™]

A few years back we were working on the Human Genome Project and everything for this one instrument was designed in Catia. They always exported a stp/step files for us and it always seemed to work fine.

[crazy^millman]

I believe we get the native file, we use a Moldplus translator - so not sure if there is a solution ?

 

Do you have the option to bring in as a solid turned on in the Moldplus Translator?

[paulfell]

Thanks - setting in Moldplus was the problem - all ok now - much appreciated

[crazy^millman]

Thanks - setting in Moldplus was the problem - all ok now - much appreciated

 

Glad I could help.