Can't thicken imported Surface from 3D Scanner / Geomagic Wrap

[kyle7GJJY]

Hi all,

I've got a .stp I've exported from Geomagic Wrap which was produced from a 3D scan, I am hoping to be able to thicken it by 5mm in the outwards direction but always get an error (either not meaningful or too large topology change).

Is there any way I can use the reference lines to create a new surface model? Or to easily thicken this without doing every face individually?

[admaiora]

Hi @kyle7GJJY

The software can't create the thickness in this case due a geometric impossibility due a some scan zones.

Can this workaround work for you?

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! For scanned data or mesh converted geometry, I believe you will be better off using Fusion 360. It has a dedicated mesh modeling environment and more flexible way to defining geometry. Please try it on Fusion 360.

Many thanks!

[gmwi · Accepted solution]

You need to copy surfaces to the "construction" feature and then trim out the errors. I removed the one spiked surface and then stitched together, and then "copy to" under the construction options. Then it can be thickened

 

to a solid.