How do I join my bodies and removing the faces between them?

[agnny682]

This may be a beginner's question but I've just made a shell out of my bodies, which kind of worked except that the faces between the bodies are still there. I know that they would not be removed by shelling the bodies, but I still wonder how to remove them since this project is about casting plastic - so the faces has to go. 

Thanks in advance!

[g-andresen]

Hi,

please share the file for reply

File > export > save as f3d on local drive > attach to post

günther

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@agnny682 wrote:
… made a shell out of my bodies, 

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Did you intend to Combine into one Body before Shell?

[agnny682]

I've tried to combine all the bodies together before Shell, but also with all the bodies separated - but nothing seem to work 😞

[agnny682]

Great! I've shared a copy of my work below 🙂

[jeff_strater]

is this what you are after?

[agnny682]

That's right! Thanks! That's exactly how I want it to look, but I also want to add holes to the two piles like the front one. Could that be possible? When I have combined all of my bodies the shell function doesn't work and a warning pops up.

[g-andresen · Accepted solution]

Hi,

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@agnny682 wrote:
When I have combined all of my bodies the shell function doesn't work and a warning pops up.

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The reason for this is in Sketch 1, where there are sketch elements that lead to unclean boundaries to the adjacent solids.

günther

[agnny682]

Wow! Amazing! Thank you so much and especially for the helpful video! 😄 

[g-andresen]

Hi,

I recommend that the shell is  created after the outer fillets have been attached.

günther