Sewing surfaces to create a solid

[acciardi]

Hello - can comeone please refresh my memory...

If I have a closed volume formed by various surfaces that I have trimmed, sewing the surfaces together should create a solid, correct? There should be no further operations necessary, right?

I don't currently have access to a seat of NX to test this, but I'm trying to mentally bone up for a potential job interview.

Thanks in advance,

Ed

 

[JohnRBaker]

That is correct, if the sheet bodies (surfaces) enclose a watertight volume of space, sewing them together will result in a Solid body being created.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[desgur]

Sewing closed surfaces results in a Solid, Provided your surfaces are withing the sewing tolerance and the Preferences>Modelling>Body Type is set to Solid.

AK
NX 3.0.5.3

 

[JohnRBaker]

Actually, if the surfaces encloses a volume, the result will be a Solid irrespective of the Solid/Sheet Modeling preference setting.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

[cowski]

And if most of the sheets sew together and you don't end up with a solid, you can look for sheet boundaries with the 'examine geometry' tool (in the Analysis menu) to see where the problems are.

 

[acciardi]

Thanks all...

Ed