Can't create mesh from simple shape

[hdt551]

I have a very simple part (see test.FCStd renamed as .zip) which I cannot create a shape from.

I go to Mesh Design, select the Body then Meshes/Create mesh from shape...
I get the message "Select a shape from meshing, first."

I have done this many times with much more complex parts than this and I can see nothing wrong other than FreeCAD doesn't seem to know I have selected anything.

OS: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) (XFCE/lightdm-xsession)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.25352 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 29c6f96ad41bfddf6ea86925a81d22fb24de44d0
Python version: 3.9.6
Qt version: 5.12.9
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.5.2
Locale: English/United States (en_US)

[chrisb]

Why did you rename the file? It causes additional work for everyone who wants to have a look at your file.

Edit: Your Body has no Tip.

[hdt551]

Why did you rename the file? It causes additional work for everyone who wants to have a look at your file.

Edit: Your Body has no Tip.

I renamed the file because the last time I tried to upload one, I believe I got a message saying I couldn't upload a file with that extension. I did not try this time, just renamed it.

No Tip. --- I see that now. Previously I did make a copy of the Body then deleted it later but I wouldn't know how to remove the Tip if I wanted to.

Thank you for the help.

[chrisb]

You may have tried to upload a backup file. FreeCAD files work up to a limit of 1MB.

[Willem]

Perhaps you selected the Body (Body3inch), this does not work.
You must select the Pad (Padbase)

[kisolre]

I don''t know of an "easy" way to remove the Tip. The way I found is to edit and Clear the Tip property of the Body. Which is at least 4 intentional clicks.

I have a very simple part

Any idea how you managed that?

[hdt551]

You may have tried to upload a backup file. FreeCAD files work up to a limit of 1MB.

That must have been what I did. I have never tried to upload a file as big as 1MB.

[hdt551]

Perhaps you selected the Body (Body3inch), this does not work.
You must select the Pad (Padbase)

I have always selected the Body when making a mesh, I guess that only works when there is a Tip. I see that selecting the Pad also works if the Tip is missing.

Thanks

[hdt551]

I don''t know of an "easy" way to remove the Tip. The way I found is to edit and Clear the Tip property of the Body. Which is at least 4 intentional clicks.

I have a very simple part

Any idea how you managed that?

I have went back through how I created the file and the problem (missing Tip) was because I started out using Realthunder's branch. There seems to be a bug in the "Edit/Duplicate selected object" function. I originally Duplicated a Body, then deleted the duplicate. Realthunder's branch then removes the Tip from the original Body. This doesn't happen in the official FreeCAD, but the damage was already done by the time I switched to official.

Sorry for the trouble.

[wmayer]

With git commit 89e4f21008 a more useful error message is shown. It now detects if a selected body has no tip set or if a part object doesn't contain faces.