Intersect faces problem

Hi,

I reduced the chair to the desired mesh number using the reduce mesh command. I exported the chair as a step using the MesToNURB command, but analysis programs cannot create a mesh because there are intersecting surfaces and the analysis cannot be completed. I see that there are 628 intersecting surfaces using the check command. I get a bad mesh warning. I am now in the final stage, I did a repair mesh but I did not get any results. How can I solve the problem without spoiling the appearance of the chair?

Thank you.

Files:
voronoi sc_last.3dm (1.0 MB)
cleaned_voronoi_with_mass_lasttry_LD Edited Vo.gh (319.2 KB)

This sounds complicated. Can’t you import a mesh into your analysis software?

I bake the design and transfer it as STEP. In order to perform static analysis, the analysis program also needs to create a mesh. While creating it, it warns me that there are intersecting points as shown in the image. I need to solve this problem without changing the design, but I don’t know what to do.

To me it does not make sense to create the chair as a mesh and then convert it to nurbs. I’m convinced your software can import the geometry as a mesh.

I mean, when I bake the chair, 1 closed mesh is formed, but since I designed it as voronoi, there are many surfaces. I reduce them with reduce mesh command on rhino. During this formation, coincident surfaces are formed.

That’s in your file. Just export this mesh as *.dxf?

Where’s the green stuff ?

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I see no reference in the OP to the previous thread?

Ah, I see now that @martinsiegrist mentioned it. Why multiple threads?

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Ignore it, it was left while saving due to the trials.

Those greens are the image of the error given when trying to open my chair as STEP in the Fusion360 analysis program and do the analysis.

I deleted similar topic.

I deleted, sorry for mistake.

Have you checked what formats this analysis program can import?

This forum doesn’t allow your to delete a thread that others replied to, so it’s still there. :-1:

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No matter what format I transfer it with, I think the intersected points will prevent mesh formation and will not allow the analysis to be completed. They support all formats, but STEP is recommended. What’s your opinion?

My suggestion is to avoid converting a mesh to nurbs for analysis since most times analysis is done with a mesh.

*.step does not save meshes so I would try *.dxf

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I can’t get the .dxf extension from rhino.


Line starts with AutoCAD…

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I couldn’t see because of tiredness :smiley:

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It didn’t work

What?

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I tried with .dxf and the voronoi chair did not transfer correctly.

Well maybe you need to do some clean ups first. The mesh in the Rhino file in the first post has self intersections.

ShrinkWrap Average Edge: 0.37 mm Face count: 174649

Try this *.stl

voronoi sc_last shrinkwrap.stl (14.0 MB)