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i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

carlweitman50 — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 09:24:55 GMT

I am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm. I have tried everything but i cant solve it. The design has no warnings so thats propably not the problem. Is there someone who maybe could help me out.

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

TheCADWhisperer — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 13:16:05 GMT

@carlweitman50

Examine the Attached file...

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

carlweitman50 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 17:30:05 GMT

yes i can see. Where do you want to go with this?

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

carlweitman50 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 17:31:51 GMT

yes i can see where do you want to got with this?

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

carlweitman50 — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:17:19 GMT

Yes i can see. What do you want to point out with this?

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

davebYYPCU — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 20:09:09 GMT

Bottom of the window needs to be joined to the.top of the nose.

Moght help…..

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

carlweitman50 — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:44:55 GMT

Maybe do a loft with support rails?

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

davebYYPCU — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:53:22 GMT

I can only comment on the pics in the discussion.

If the original body was solid there is an air gap to fix,

if the outside body is as Whisperer shows, then Stitch the seam.

Might help…

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

carlweitman50 — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 05:59:12 GMT

Tried it but stitching didnt work. However i cerater Lines 5mm in befors i did the original loft and then i lofted which worked perfectly. How do i fill in the profile?

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

carlweitman50 — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 17:47:13 GMT

Okay didnt work. Do you have any idea on how to connect then. Surface stitch didnt work and loft didnt work either

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

davebYYPCU — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 23:03:08 GMT

I can not access the file, (travelling until Sunday)

will check it out at that time unless others get it fixed.

Might help….

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

carlweitman50 — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 06:16:46 GMT

Ok thanks!

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

davebYYPCU — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 04:07:46 GMT

Checked the file. At 200mm diameter, you will need some windscreen detail.

Most windscreens are flat.

This wavy window is likely contributing to the failed thicken.

To assist further, need to know more of the Design Intent, 3d printed, static or flying model?

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

carlweitman50 — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 08:44:27 GMT

it Will be 3d printed and Will be a flying model.

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

davebYYPCU — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 09:18:40 GMT

Incorporating full size details, helps with avoiding the reinvention of these details in a model.

You have horizontal window sketch lines, that are curved.

These have flat panels and are segmented.

Might help...

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

carlweitman50 — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 12:06:43 GMT

Probably not because then i would have to scale it. Im making an rc airplane but the windows are not too curved and i used a straight line in the loft. Im not trying to do anything too fancy. Only thing that matters is aerodynamics

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

wersy — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:24:12 GMT

If I had known how much rework it would involve, I wouldn't have started.
Of course, that's not a solution.

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

carlweitman50 — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:05:57 GMT

Hello. Very many thanks to the help. However if you look closely on the top of the window, there is unfortunately an uneven shape. This is problematic because then i cant join them and properly print them. Very many thanks tho, and i would greatly appreciate if you maybe took a look at the problem.

Thanks,

Carl

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

TheCADWhisperer — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:11:46 GMT

@carlweitman50

Does your slicer have an option to set wall thickness

could you use MeshMixer to Shell a solid?

Either technique would not require a modeled Shell.

Re: i am trying to turn a complex shell into a thickness of 5mm

carlweitman50 — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:14:40 GMT

i can check