Hello everyone, I would like to import an STL file into Solidworks but impossible to make it a volume size, it systematically results in a mesh surface area.
I use the import method with the option Volume body + create mesh sizes but nothing works, I get this message systematically:
"This mesh model can be imported only as a polygon body, not as a solid"
It's an STL that comes out of a CU by simulation and therefore I can't do anything with it in this state.
If anyone has experienced the same problem or has a solution to offer me, I'm all for it!
Hello This happens when the mesh is too complex. In this case, importing as a graphics body is the only option that works 100% (without simplifying the mesh beforehand). For an MEP this is enough.
Thank you for your answer but unfortunately the graphics body option is grayed out and I can't select it... I only have the solutions of the volume body that doesn't work and the surface body
Hello I don't have too much time to test, but have you tried to sew the faces and then create a volume. However, having looked for solutions in the past, I don't think there's much you can do with SW with STL files
I wanted to send you my part so that you can do some tests but the forum does not support STL in the attachments... I don't know if there are other ways to post it but I find myself stuck again...
I don't know of a reliable and accurate solution at the same time. Even if surface recognition works, the result will be inaccurate. When the part is complicated and the remodeling too complex, I use third-party software that is better suited to simplify the meshing so that I can import the geometry into SW as a solid or surface. In this case, precision does not matter.
what else than Blender I got used to the interface and the strange ergonomics for a CADist. It is really free and very widespread. Tutorials everywhere. At first I was lost and I gave up every time. But you have to start at the bottom and be motivated. Today it's my favorite hobby. Attention: simplification = approximation. Incompatible with CAD but so useful sometimes.
We use the free meshmixer software to work with STLs, it allows us to easily remesh, fill in the holes/mesh defects, and transform into a solid before doing a STEP export.
