AD+B Studio Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Hi How can I add thickness to an object that I have created using the subdivision tool? I created a cylinder, subtracted one side, and have reshaped it, now I want to add thickness. Is this possible? Thanks Quote Link to comment
markdd Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Convert it to a generic solid and then use the Shell tool in the 3D toolset. That would be the route I would take.... Quote Link to comment
AD+B Studio Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 great thanks ill give it a try Quote Link to comment
AD+B Studio Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Ok tried that but it keeps failing. Quote Link to comment
markdd Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 If you paste the object into a new file and post it here I’ll take a look. Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 When you add thickness with Shell Solid, the created surface can not be self overlapping. i.e. If you have a 4" half tube and you tell it to have a thickness of 2" or more, then the created surfaces will overlap and it will fail. Try with a very small value and see if it works from them and then work up from there. Quote Link to comment
AD+B Studio Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 ok the first image is what i am trying to make (an stl. from Thingverse) and the second is what I have the question about. Im just starting but before I got the shape i want, i want to make sure I can give it thickness. Ill be #D printing these. Quote Link to comment
AD+B Studio Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 I dont think the subdivision tool is the right way to go about this. I think ill go old school and do a tapered extrude. Quote Link to comment
AD+B Studio Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 nope back t0 subdivisions Quote Link to comment
markdd Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 This looks like something you could do with the loft surface tool. I'm at a slight disadvantage as I have no idea what it is! - However here is a first stab. (took about 5 mins) Quote Link to comment
AD+B Studio Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Ah yes ill give that a try. It is a covid-19 mask. I am 3D printing them for a hospital in NYC. I found some on Thingverse but id like to make changes base on availability of materials and speed of production. When i bring the STL file into VW. it is very difficult to manipulate and really slows down processing. Quote Link to comment
markdd Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Ah! Great. You could definitely model this in Vectorworks. Probably along the lines I described. If you give it a day or so, I am sure there will be several more ideas offered up. Good luck! Quote Link to comment
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