May I ask if in Rhino 8, closed multisurfaces can be created with push-pull to create internal hollow solids? (Pushing and pulling a single surface can obtain an internal hollow solid) - as shown in the figure. [1]

@brian Although Rhino does not support internal hollow solids of closed multisurfaces, they can be created through Rhinoinside import. As shown in the figure. [4]

No, Rhino doesn’t have a way to indiciate that two non-intersecting surfaces (or solids) are supposed to represent a hollow inside. To make a hollow, you need to have something connecting them, such as a hole drilled in the part. Can you tell me more about why you want to represent a hollow object? …

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Yeah, the question has come up for as long as Rhino has existed. But I’m curios if @CTQCTQ has a use case that we haven’t heard of before (not that it will make it any easier to implement).

@brian Yes, in Rhino 8, I first created a sphere and then used the PushPull command to offset a certain distance, creating a hollow solid. However, this situation seems to only apply to a single surface and is not useful for multiple surfaces (such as the cube of a shell in the figure).

Ah, ok, then this is more a curiosity than “I need to make hollow objects”. It’s true Rhino just doesn’t have a way to represent that kind of object.

@Tom_P Yes, the BooleanDifference command does not work on non intersecting entities.

Yes you can make such objects in Rhino using NonManifoldMerge but the situations where such a feature is actually useful and not an error are extremely limited. What you are doing here is a pointless academic exercise. THERE IS SO SUCH THING IN CAD AS A “SOLID.” It’s all surfaces. There is nothing a…

One use case is placing magnets or weights inside 3D printed objects. A void must be created to contain the magnet or weight.

That’s a massive market I’m sure, the entire CAD industry is missing out. Oh wait, the slicer can handle it. Still seems unlikely you’re going to actually print…a magnet inside the object, you’re gonna assemble it after, the model will contain no voids.

[image] JimCarruthers: Still seems unlikely you’re going to actually print…a magnet inside the object Well, it is possible I suppose to pause the printer halfway and insert the magnet - assuming that it sits at or below the level of the head at the slice level, otherwise there is a collision …

An internally hollow entity

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Tom_P December 11, 2023, 12:03am 3

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An internally hollow entity

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