Reverse engineer a scanned 3d guitar neck stl file

[poolrod2]

Hi everyone, I tried it all and failed, is it possible to make a solid or surface out of all of the triangle surfaces so I can machine it. All I really need is the radius side of the neck to the foot and head without violating those areas. Just the grey area, except where the surfaces over run the foot and head. Thank you for your time. Rod.

 

[poolrod2]

This is my ball of yarn so to speak, tough to hemstitch.

 

[dik]

Very impressive...

Dik

 

[JBreunig]

That model does seem to have quite a few issues. Can you share a different filetype like IGES or STEP? I tried a repair, but it looks pretty bad, and still has non-manifold edges.

Jim Breunig P.E.
XCEED Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
FEA Consultants

 

[poolrod2]

Hi Jim, here is an igs file, I also have it as solidworks formats, catia Autodesk, etc etc. Thank you for your time.

 

[JBreunig]

Try this. Fixed manifold issues. No 3D printer here, but it looks like it would print.

Jim Breunig P.E.
XCEED Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
FEA Consultants

 

[poolrod2]

Hi Jim, thank you for trying, I need a solid model to machine the part, without the facets. This is what you sent me.

 

[poolrod2]

I took Jim's repaired model, put auto surface on it, added closed surface in Catia, but still have all the facets, see orange on the head. Any help would be great.

 

[JBreunig]

I just saved it as an IGES and STEP. See attached. Might still have issues, but good luck!

Jim Breunig P.E.
XCEED Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
FEA Consultants

 

[poolrod2]

Thank you very much for trying, it is still full of facets that show when you drag the mouse over it.

 

[poolrod2]

I have tried Catia Solidworks AutoCAD Geomagic Hypermesh Meshlab Freecad Mastercam Spaceclaim Rhino and Maya and several software's that take 70 photos to make a solid. All failed me, maybe it's just me, ha ha. Any help would be great.

 

[btrueblood]

Facet or surface spline? I.e. are the edges tangent?

 

[poolrod2]

It is all faceted surfaces, that I can't trim to the area I don't want to cut on the head and foot of the neck. I tried building blocks for the cutter to stay away from as shown below but still overlaps the heel and head.