topic Re: .stl to solid body conversion in Fusion Support Forum

.stl to solid body conversion

robE55UC — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 21:56:43 GMT

So after I import the .stl into fusion and generate the face groups I get overlapping face groups. I have not found a way to separate the overlapping face groups, so when I convert the mesh I get the result that is shown in the second picture. Some of the face groups will not convert to a solid body so fusion does not generate them. How do I fix this issue?

Re: .stl to solid body conversion

jhackney1972 — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 21:58:56 GMT

Please attach your STL file. I am not sure, you may have to Zip it first.

Re: .stl to solid body conversion

robE55UC — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:16:20 GMT

John, I am unable to attach as the file is too large, and if I zip it gets rejected due to the extension.

Re: .stl to solid body conversion

wmhazzard — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:29:21 GMT

There is a combine face groups under the Prepare menu. With that you can merge the incorrect faces with the correct ones.

Re: .stl to solid body conversion

robE55UC — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:31:25 GMT

I used the combine tool also, with the same result. Some of the face groups overlap as you can see in the first picture and I do not see a way to separate them.

Re: .stl to solid body conversion

wmhazzard — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:44:46 GMT

Did you select fast or accurate for the face groups? Did you try adjusting the boundary tolerance?

Re: .stl to solid body conversion

robE55UC — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:50:30 GMT

I selected accurate with a tolerance of .001