Hello,
I am trying to edit a stl file with Freecad.
I did the following steps:
Open the STL file in Freecad
Go to Part workbench
Click Part -> Create shape from mesh (0.1 tolerance)
Click the newly created body
Click Part -> Convert to solid
This is where i am getting an error:
"Shape is not a shell"
after a google search I tried analyzing the STL file in the mesh workbench
In check solid mesh I got: "The mesh XXX is solid."
In Evaluate and repair mesh I am getting no errors.
I am attaching the STL file.
Searching for your wisdom in fixing this problem...
stl to solid problem
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stl to solid problem
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Re: stl to solid problem
on my box the stl has "folds on surface" (in fc).
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Re: stl to solid problem
PDWrapper macro is able to bring it into Part Design as an additive type without issue. The macro does the conversion from shell to solid automatically. It could be there are multiple components in the mesh. When converting to shape and checking the shape it shows 5 shells. PDWrapper fuses them all into a single solid, but i might be preferable to work with the separate components.
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Re: stl to solid problem
That's what the problem is. You need to split by components in mesh design first, and then convert to solid will work on that largest component.