Visibility and mirroring

[Anonymous]

Next question.  How do you make things visible or not visible if they are not a solid?  I imported a piece as a step file which should make it a solid.  It seems to behave as a solid, but the only way to make it invisible is to suppress the feature.  If I import essentially the same piece as an iges or step file but as surfaces, I can use the visibility button.  Confusing and frustrating.

Also, I can not make the piece I import into a solid unless I am missing something.  I would like to be able to do that in order to mirror it.

[JDMather]

Import a STEP file does not necessarily mean solid.

Attach your file here and end all doubt.

[Anonymous]

Thanks again for the prompt reply.

What I meant by I can not make the piece into a solid is that if I import the piece as an iges file, which is surfaces, I can not turn those surfaces into a solid, at least as far as I can tell.

The step does seem to come in as a solid.  File attached to check.

[Anonymous]

Got the step bit figured out and how to mirror within a part.  Not sure whatI was doing different before.  Thanks for the help.

Best regards, Dave

[JDMather · Accepted solution]

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@Anonymous wrote:
 I import the piece as an iges file, which is surfaces, I can not turn those surfaces into a solid, ...

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Stitch or Sculpt for good import surface geometry.

Repair or Construction Environment for poor imported surface geometry (an advanced user topic).