Surfacing errors can't heal or close a joined surface. - Help

[bsurfN99]

for starters I have a really poor surfaced model. It has been translated several times and my instructions are to make the changes as fast as possible without redoing surfaces.

I have a joined surface with a merge distance of .007mm. I get an error when I try to "heal" the surface saying "Invalid Geometry" Modify the input or the objects used to generate it." I also can't close the surface to get a dumb solid.


All I need to get is a dumb solid for Catia V4.


Thanks for your help...


-bsurfn99

 

[forfun]

Have you checked for duplicate surfaces?

forfun

 

[bsurfN99]

yes, I did check for duplicated surfaces, and did not find any. I have found a gap between two surfaces, but even once I fixed the gap. I still can't complete a healing operation on the join. I get the "invalid geometry" error.



-BsurfN99

 

[catiajim]

This is exactly why multiple translations are a bad idea. I don't know if you will have any luck at this point (I hope you do), but I am also concerned that you are currently in the jam you are in precisely because of instructions like that.
Even if you do manage to get a solid out of it, you are really leaving a mess behind for the next guy along, even worse than you were left with. Eventually, it will reach the point where it will become completely unusable, and you will be forced to start over.
Good Luck!

 

[toyayo]

I totally agree with Catiajim, also would like to add that sometimes you'll save time and effort by just recreating the surfaces that are giving you problems. Good luck!

 

[bsurfN99]

I agree with both Catiajim and toyayo, Translating only causes headaches, and I will continue to pray for the poor soul that will recieve this file, I have recreated more surfaces than I would care to admit, in an attempt to improve the quality of the part. Unfortunately we are all dealt a hand we are forced to play no matter how much we may not like it.

Good Luck out there.

My home grown solution:
I never got it to close in V5. I joined it at .007mm and then saved it as a V4 part. In V4 I created a solid and saved it. I then brought it back into V5 as a dumb solid. I realize I've probably just broke like 9 of the ten surfacing commandments, but I must move on.


Good luck out there, hope others can learn from this nightmare.


- BsurfN99