Smoothen/Simplify solid

[haraldZXTDW]

Hi,

I have a solid which is the result of a body rotated around an arbitrary axis (the solid consists of 40 merged bodies):

I want to smoothen the solid's surface, to get rid of the steps between the bodies. What is the best way to achieve this?

Regards,

[jeff_strater]

Have you tried Solid Sweep?  This option to Sweep allows you to sweep a solid body along a path, and does the "smoothing" for you.  Create a circular path, instead of an axis to Revolve around, and use Sweep, selecting "Solid Sweep" as the option.

[haraldZXTDW]

Is there a way to control the angle around the rotation axis? For the rotation method in the first post I used  +/-20°.

[haraldZXTDW]

Attached is a f3d file which shows how the solid is created.

[jeff_strater]

The easiest way to control the sweep is using the path.  Just make a circular arc that goes 20degrees in each direction. You may have to do two solid sweeps - I'm not sure just now whether solid sweep supports two directions in one sweep.

Unfortunately, I don't have time right now to play with your model, but it should be relatively straightforward.

[TrippyLighting · Accepted solution]

What you attached isn't a single solid.

Attached is a version with a solid sweep, that took some workaround past a solid sweep fail.

[haraldZXTDW]

Thanks a lot for the example.