Can't merge ball bearing

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freecc
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Can't merge ball bearing

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I have created a ball bearing that I want to 3d-print. But I can't merge them. Maybe someone can help?
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Re: Can't merge ball bearing

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What do you mean with "merging"?
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Re: Can't merge ball bearing

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chrisb wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:27 pm What do you mean with "merging"?
the boolean operation, adding them together
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We call it "Fusion" or "Union".
Your model has coplanar faces which you want to fuse. They often cause problems with boolean operations. And you have to set Fuse=true in the arrays such as Array002, if the items overlap.
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Re: Can't merge ball bearing

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Hello
If you "merge" all parts of thit "ball-bearing" the result ll be a compact block of material :!:
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chrisb wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:58 pm We call it "Fusion" or "Union".
Your model has coplanar faces which you want to fuse. They often cause problems with boolean operations. You have to set Fuse=true in the arrays such as Array002, if the items overlap.

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Re: Can't merge ball bearing

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Rereading my comment I'm afraid it was a bit unclear. These are two issues: Coplanar and setting the fuse property. I have corrected my post above.
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