Removing a vane from an impeller.

[Anonymous]

Hi, I'm a novice in the 3d modelling world, but I can usually work most things out as I go.  This one has me stumped though.

The problem I have is I'd like to 3d print just the vane from an existing impeller STEP file.  I can't for the life of me work out the easiest way of doing this?  Effectively I need to remove all of the shroud and just be left with the vanes by themselves.  Any advice would be most appreciated, or point me in the direction of a video that explains something similar.

[davebYYPCU]

Delete the faces you don't need, and then close over the gaps, as required.

Might help...

[Anonymous]

Thanks, I have tried doing that, but I keep getting an error message saying that the selected face/s can't be deleted.

[davebYYPCU]

We will need your fusion file to advise further .,,.

File > Export  and attach to another message.

[Anonymous]

Try this, hope it works.

[davebYYPCU · Accepted solution]

Ok, Select Do not Capture Design history, (Right click file name > bottom of Menu)

Move to Surface area, 

Unstitch the model, 

Delete the surfaces that you don't want

Deselect any chaining boxes....

I then patched the end plate, and the top and bottom openings.

Might help....

[Anonymous]

Brilliant, thanks very much.

I really appreciate it.