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Help with smoothing out a converted wireframe to 3D part

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426942
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Help with smoothing out a converted wireframe to 3D part

Recently I had to convert a .stl to an .ipt, to do this I converted the .stl to a .dxf and then stitched to wire together. Now I need to make a detailed drawing of the part, but the surfaces are not smooth, anyway I can fix that? All I was able to find while researching was how to smooth lofts, which this is not.

 

Details: Autodesk Inventor Professional 2013

(I had to delete the sticthings to make the file small enough)

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Message 2 of 9
JDMather
in reply to: 426942

1. You did not need to convert to dxf

 

2. You can convert your Inventor surface model to a solid model using the Sculpt command in Inventor and selecting the surface body.  Sculpt.PNG

 

3. Rather than use an stl (faceted faces) for something this simple - I would create it over from scratch in Inventor.


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426942
in reply to: JDMather

Thank you for the answer, and your time.
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JoAnn_Hogan
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Are you bu any chance designing a CO2 gas cylinder powered balsa wood F1 car?

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Message 5 of 9
426942
in reply to: JoAnn_Hogan

Not balsa wood but plastic. It is planned that it will be printed on a 3D printer. To be specific a Makerbot, which is why it was in an stl format.

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JDMather
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Do you have the original file (before it was ever saved in stl format)? *.dwg? *.dxf? *.ipt?


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426942
in reply to: JDMather

No, that is why I needed to convert it to a solid body. The problem is the school where I study has it so that any deleted file is directly removed, completly by-passing the recycling bin, as then there is no hopes of recovering deleted material.

Message 8 of 9
JDMather
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Two words - Thumb Drive.


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JoAnn_Hogan
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Because you are designing a CO2 car I thought you might find this interesting. Top Gear SA has a "F1 in schools challenge" and my company is part of this project. Go have a look at it, you might find it interesting: http://www.modena.co.za/news/f1-in-schools-technology-challenge/19

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