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How can I make a surface into a solid?
The ‘Create Solid’ option now included with these features was formerly called ‘Try to form solid’, and in previous releases, you often had to use the Knit Surface tool to combine the surface manually before you could convert the surface into a solid. Let’s have a look at a simple example of creating a solid using the Trim Surface feature.
How to turn a knit surface into a solid?
When you are applying a boundary surface and it creates an enclosed volume like the one shown in the example below, the create solid option will be available and the feature will combine the group of surfaces into a solid, essentially removing the Knit surface step you would have taken in a previous release:
How do you create a hole in a polyline solid?
A hole can also be created in a polyline solid that was placed horizontally (floor plan or 3D Camera view) by selecting the polyline solid, selecting the Create Hole edit tool, then clicking and dragging inside the solid. Using the Select Objects tool, select the main polyline solid, then click the Open Object edit button.
Can you create any shape with a surface model?
You can build your design with surfaces. This is somewhat tedious because you generally must build one face of the model at a time, trimming and manipulating as you go. You can create any shape you can imagine (given enough time and practice). But a surface model defines only surfaces, so it is hollow.
How can I combine two surfaces into one solid body?
Now that you have completed turning your surfaces into solids you can now combine them into one body. Combine can be found through the Insert, Features drop down menu or my selecting more than 1 solid body in the Feature Tree and doing a Right Click and selecting Combine.
How do you turn a boundary surface into a solid?
In previous releases, you had to knit the surface manually before you could convert the surface into a solid. To convert a boundary surface into a solid, click Insert > Surface > Boundary Surface, and in Options and Preview, click Create solid.