Is there any method to fill a shell? (mesh or surface)
I trying to migrate some files created from sketchup imported to dwg, but with sketchup always I have problems.
Is there any method to fill (like to fill a glass with water) to convert mesh or surface or any 2D objects to solids?
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There are various methods, depending on the source geometry, and in some cases you may need to take intermediary steps to achieve. DMSTITCH would be one option to investigate.
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"Sketchup is a special case with its double Faces for 2-sided texturing"
That explains a lot! Thanks.
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Objects that Sketchup has as 'solid' still come in as garbage meshes in Bricscad.
I work in Sketchup a lot and use Bricscad to adapt some Sketchup objects to STEP for our fabricators and find I have to export to DWG with settings to Edges and no Faces, in order to get a usable wireframe and remake the solid elements.
Importing a .skp file that is only Edges and no Faces yields an empty drawing, it does not import the wireframe. Has to be Exported from Sketchup to DWG first.
The interchange with Sketchup is limited and frustrating and is my personal top item I want to see improved.
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After exporting from SketchUp to DWG, you'll get fragments of polygonal meshes. A separate mesh is created for each box face. This prevents the use of conventional methods for converting meshes to solids. However, the Avc MeshToSolid plugin solves this problem. If the mesh can't be converted to a solid immediately (because it's not watertight), the program first merges all the mesh fragments together and only then attempts to convert them to solids. Give it a try.
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Alternatively, if you have Rhinoceros (Rhino3D) you could try to open the exported DWG in there to fix the meshes and convert them to solids if it doesn't work well in BricsCAD. On those occasions where BricsCAD failed Rhinoceros often succeeded unless the mesh was a complete utter mess.
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