Made an ashtray, but then found it is too expensive to materialize it

[theoutside (Kyle Houchens)]

ok, so shrinkwrap got officially announced for v8… so now I can say it! Shrinkwrap in v8 will mesh this no problem. You could even offset of shell it if you want.

see this post.

Rhino 8 Feature: ShrinkWrap

ShrinkWrap lets you create a wrapped mesh from mesh, NURBS geometry, SubD, and Point Clouds. Just about anything! ShrinkWrap meshes are ideal for creating: Meshes for 3D printing. A solid union mesh from multiple input objects. A solid mesh from 3D scan data fragments. Meshes without internal self intersections. Offset meshes for shell operations Reverse engineering workflows Point cloud meshes Valid closed meshes from broken or often hard to repair geometry. [0648] [ShrinkWrap] …