Solid needs geometry

[Travis2282]

I have a solid that was imported from solidworks, and it has lines and arcs around all of the solid except the top. Is there anyway that i can pick the solid and it will add the lines to the rest of the solid? I have used create curve on all edges on similar parts and it would help, but not on this one. Thanks

[MotorCityMinion]

Is the top of that part curvy? I've seen this with loft's and sweeps. Multiple entities in a chain will merge the loft or sweep into one feature and you can't create a curve from it. Makes it a Bit@# to analyze the feature.

 

What I've done in the past is dupe the troublesome surfaces to a new level, then trim them to a plane or another surface, usually, but not always, splitting them down the middle. I'll then create curves off of the resulting edges and simplify them if necessary.

[Travis2282]

yes the top is curvy, with my part in solid form it looks great, but when i switch to wireframe the top curves dissapear, and there are no lines to outline the part in that section

[MotorCityMinion]

Can ya upload the .sldprt to the ftp?

[crazy^millman]

That is the nature of solids. Change the method at which the solid is being shown. There are 3 different options for showing the solid. Have you tried the No Hidden wire frame show method? Also something I forgot about is the unchecked all entities when shading and you can just shade selected entities.

 

HTH

[Travis2282]

No Hidden wire frame show method? how do you go about doing this? I have only been into this 3d solids for a couple months, not too great at it yet.

[Travis2282]

Sorry brain fart i had already tried the three methods on shading, its getting too late, brain not working as well as it should.

[Midwest]

1)Project lines onto solid were ever you want them to show shape.

 

2) cut solid where needed to show shape and create edge curve then remove cut to get your solid back.

 

3) post picture using......

 

http://tinypic.com/

 

[Toonz]

Something you can try. Create a surface on the face you are having trouble with. Then apply curves to the edges of the surface. When you are done with that you can delete the surface or move to a different level and turn it off.