How to smooth multi-facets??

[arid69]

I have imported a concave conicle surface in iges format. It has many multi-facets, is there a way to make these into a smooth surface?
TIA Alan

 

[PlasticFantastic]

Try knitting the surfaces. Insert Surface Knit
Try Delete Face (with fill selected), which will insert a filled surface

Best thing would be to use the iges as a template and reconstruct parametrically (again depends on your constraints)

Not sure of the nature of the file so a screen cap would be helpful

 

[Theophilus]

Sounds like someone built this in another program and exported it in STL format originally. Perhaps you can ask them to export directly to IGES, parasolid (X_T) or STEP and the facets will become a smooth surface. STL breaks all surfaces into triangles and is not suitable for smooth surfaces unless the surfaces are flat.


Jeff Mowry

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