Imported surface cutting

hello to all

I got a precise scan of a body model and at the same time the surfaces of the front hood worked under catia....

I managed to cut and print them in 3D..... and to rearrange everything

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I'm now working on the back...... After manipulations in Meshmixer to limit the size of the scan  cut in half and keep only the part that interests me I also have under MeshMixer simplify the surface clouds then export to STL and import into solidworks by checking the surface box.

I find myself with an "imported" surface in  my feature work 

I can even hang on to it.... The cutting function works perfectly and allows me to redraw my sketches to be able to redo my surfaces...

however the file is very large and it is extremely long with each modification it takes almost 3 minutes to refile everything....

So I tried to cut my imported surface and there it doesn't work!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He goes through it as if she wasn't there as if it were a simple STL......

I reconfirm that the cross-sectional views work... while on a simple STL they don't work...

Do you have an idea

Thank you...

 

 


hoodbonnurg.sldprt

I tried making a vertical extruded surface and then using it as a fitting tool: it tells me that there is an error in the surface.

Maybe it would be wiser to do the cutting with meshmixer?

Hello

This is not surprising in terms of the calculation time given the number of facets, SW is working on an exact modeler and not a "triangular" one.

On the other hand, I can't create a split of the imported surface either.

Can you pass us the original STL to try with different import settings?

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yes the cutting I want to do is complicated....... In fact I wanted to make a kind of weft that cuts out the entire surface and so I keep the general shape but it is pierced.....

What do you think is the best way to recreate the final surfaces with my object?

Here is the original STL thank you


hoodbonnurg.stl

Hello

Which version of SW do you have, because in premium there is Scanto3D to recreate surfaces directly on STLs, I will use this for you if you have it in your add-ons.

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I have it but I can't make it work... solidworks2012.

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To make it work, activate it in the add-ins.

Then  when you open your STL select from the list of file types sacnto3d for STL and there you will have in the feature manager the functions right-click on your surface.

Then there are tutorials that explain the method if it's the first time you use it.

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Is it an A110 by the way?

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not an alfa 33 stradale!

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I don't have in the list of stl files for Scanto 3D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hello

Personally I would redo this surface, you already have the contours.

If I have a little time I'll try.

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If you do an import diagnosis of your STL surface, it allows you to correct the errors and to be able to cut your surface later.

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I'm sorry, but the slightest thing I do it takes 1 hour and  SW crashes, starting from 0 would take way too long. There may be a simpler way (see Coyote's solution).

I checked the option but I didn't have to open the scanb to 3D file.....

I reinstall a newer version of SOLIDWORKS 2014 and get back to you

well I reinstalled a 2014 premium version .....

it wasn't easy  and scanto3d is greyed out not possible to activate ...

yet I checked my license is infinite for scanto3d.... and I do have a premium version!!

A solution? Circuitworks and solidworks simulation are also grayed out....

 

 

 

???????????? if you really have a premium SOLIDWORKS there is no reason for the add-ins to be grayed out, I don't understand...

Have you seen my message which tells you that your surface can be cut if you do an import dignostic to correct the defective faces.

And this even on your original file

 

a priori a known bug  of window update......

I reinstalled by modifying the registry and I found scanto3d.

and hop I managed to import my shape into a mesh ....

but now I have errors and I can't repair them so same problem impossible to work on cutting etc.....

and above all all the functions of scanto3d nr don't want to work

 

 

 


Part5.SLDPRT

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I just took your file no problem to use scanto3D, right click on the mesh, prepare the mesh then surface wizard without PB.

I'm in 2017 so I can't pass the file to you but I'm sure it still works for you.

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