V4 face to solid ??

[dtwo]

In V4 I have multiple faces that make up a sheet metal profile. How can I create a solid defined by the faces? I want to create tooling in order to stamp this particular shape into the sheet steel.

 

[jackk]

If I'm picturing your geometry correctly; I'd concatenate the faces by making a Skin, and then use the skin to make an Offset solid.

 

[kaesar]

You have to create a skin with all of the surfaces you have and after that split a solid with the skin. Be careful on your solid (the stamper), it must be cut completely with the skin.

 

[dtwo]

Kaesar,

Good information, I tried using the split command however I get "Too short surface" error message. I varied the size of the solid relative to the skin and I continue to get the same message. Any thoughts?

 

[solid7]

You do not have to split. You can use SolidE -> create -> complex -> offset, or if the skin/face is planar, you can use SolidE -> create -> canonic -> prism.

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[rickyt]

If you want to create the tool steel.
Try using the solide > complex > project.

Select the skin and then a plane that would represent the back side of the steel.

 

[kaesar]

Maybe you have a not closed skin, try to check if the skin has free internal boundaries, if not your only problem is the size of the solid.