Converting Surfaces to Solid

[zaheen.shaikh]

Greetings !

Can someone help me with the following issue. 

I imported a step file (Reciprocating compressor Carlyle 06EA599) in Inventor.

It was imported as a composite surface. I try to Stich it but it failed.

Then I tried Repair Bodies and find gaps and leaks, the result obtained is attached.

It is showing me to edit about 1000 edges. which is getting very complicated.

Is there any alternative to how I can convert this surface to solid?

or do I have to select each and every edge and edit separately?

Also attached is the .ipt file

Really appreciate if someone could help me with this.

Thanks !!

[JDMather]

There is no "Easy Button" solution other than to request a high quality model from the source.

There are a lot of missing surfaces in this model (often done to protect intellectual property).

Why do you need a solid model of off-the-shelf purchase component?

The alternative if the source will not provide a complete model is to use this file as reference to recreate the geometry from scratch...

[zaheen.shaikh]

I need to a solid model to get the center of gravity for my calculation of lifting this compressor placed on a skid

[JDMather]

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@zaheen.shaikh wrote:
I need to a solid model to get the center of gravity for my calculation of lifting this compressor placed on a skid

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Where are the internal components?

[CCarreiras]

You will never achieve an exact total weight or the exact gravity point location since the motor is not all solid: it has internal voids(spaces) between components, several different materials for each component, etc etc...

[JDMather]

I think if they know the COG they could fudge by placing a heavy mass component sphere at the COG.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! There are quite a few issues with the surface bodies. If you run Find Errors command in the Repair environment, you will see them. Heal Errors may help (start with tight tolerance and loosen it as you go). However, I would argue that even if this is a solid body, the COG may not be meaningful. It is because the COG considers the whole thing as a solid with the same material properties. The model should be a pump assembly. The should be hollow portions.

Many thanks!