Any ideas for converting a large mesh design into a solid mass to print out?

[hyu36]

Hi all,

I am studying Inventor to make nice stuffs using my 3D printer, Form2.

My recent task is to make a small (whole length ~ 6 inches) sports car for my kids,

and I found a very nice 3D modeling of a sports car designed by Solidworks.

• Do you have any ideas to reduce the size (from 160 inches (length) to 6 inches (length))? It’s too big to be printed by my 3D printer. lol

• The current modeling contains only the mesh or surface information, and it is very hard to make it into a solid model. Do you have any ideas for this? General patch&stitch method does not work for this case. Interior, tires and engine are not important at all. I'd like to print the solid car body.

If you can advise me anything, it would be welcome

FYI: Webpage for the car design

https://grabcad.com/library/ferrari-f90-1

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! To print, you don't need to convert it to a solid body. You can print from any mesh (STL or OBJ). You want to convert it to a solid body only when you need to perform solid operations. Inventor is a solid body modeler, not a mesh modeler. It does not have comprehensive tool set to handle mesh at the moment.

Many thanks!

[JDMather]

Autodesk MeshMixer is free.

[hyu36]

Meshmixer does not work because of the size of mesh file

[hyu36]

I got it.

Thanks !