STL File Found Not to be Water Tight

[Don K]

I am using X2 MR2.

I just tried to create my first stl file to use with the verifier and received a message that states that "LW has found the STL file not to be closed and water tight. An approximation will be used as stock."

 

Does anyone know what this is about and how I can remedy this? The original cad model was imported from Pro/E Wildfire as an iges file.

[MultiAxGod]

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The original cad model was imported from Pro/E Wildfire as an iges file.

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There's the reason. Try a .stp, they seem to be better, but not much. If you happen to have access to Rhino, try it. It has simply the best file transfer I have seen on any package. Just bring in the ProE model and save it back out thru Rhino and your results will typically be many times better.

I have never seen a good file yet from ProE. We have it here and our models are progressive. As they get more detailed, the model (at least to Mcam) gets worse and worse and we can't use them for stock models. We end up redoing alot of stuff and making another file in Mcam to use. Tremendous waste of time!!!

[Don K]

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The original cad model was imported from Pro/E Wildfire as an iges file.

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There's the reason.

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What if I have the direct pro/e reader enabled on my hasp and read the .prt file directly into Mastercam? Will this remedy this situation?

[Justin Beebe at Folsom Tool]

Don,

 

You can also try the STLheal C-hook. but it does not always fix the problem.