Combine bodies failures

[rickhenson]

Hi, I am experiencing difficulty with a particular "Combine Bodies". There appears to be no errors in the underlying sketches or the bodies themselves. No matter what I try I cannot join, cut or intersect. I have attached the file and I'm trying to combine the body "Moose V11R"  with any of the bodies in the "Frames R" bodies group. I have tried everything I can think of to counter the error messages that appear but no love.

[jhackney1972 · Accepted solution]

Here you go, model is attached.

[rickhenson]

HI John,
couldn't see any attached models. What did you do to fix this?

Thanks
Rick

[jhackney1972]

Sorry, the model did not attach. The bodies were not touching each other.

[rickhenson]

Thanks John,
how were you able to determine the bodies weren't touching. I ran a section analysis and it looked good.

[jhackney1972]

The bodies would not combine so I suspected they were not touching, at least all over the bodies surface.  To make the contact necessary, simply scale one of the bodies by a minimal amount.  I used a scale ratio of 1.001 which is undetectable.  If this answers your question, please remember to select the Accept Solution icon on my post.  If you have further questions, please ask.

[rickhenson]

AWESOME!!! Thanks so much. Great fix, I never would have thought of that. Done this before have you. 🙂