Hello, I’ve been trying to make the structure on my project solid however every element is hollow and can’t make it solid, please he
ESTRUCTURA.3dm (9.8 MB)
what exactly are you after ?
is this grasshopper output or manually modelled ?
you are mixen several concepts here - groups, open surfaces, open polysurfaces, closed polysurfaces.
the green element is a closed polysurface (“solid”, or closed Brep)
the blueish part is an open polysurface.
you need to get rid of the inner surface to be able to _join the elements (when they connect within tolerance)
not sure if i 100% get what you re after - there are still some issues…
maybe it s easier to start (step A) with one element with a few (4 or 6) cells - discuss a modelling or grasshopper workflow that fits for you (we need more info) and then scale it up ( step B) and discuss special issues like the corner above (step C) ?
kind regards - tom
Its a grasshopper output, all I need is that exact geometry to be closed, Im aware the are some issues within the model however at least for now it might stay like that, all I need is to make it solid
if you have the gh file, it may be easier, to try some things.
all i am asking is to get better info to help…
and dont want to juggle 1035 surfaces !
breps / rhinos solids
make sure you understood the concept that we are only building a closed “skin” that is the boarder / separation of the universe into the 3d-region of your virtual object/element - and the rest.
also check surface direction / normal (_dir)
now you can follow one of the 2 strategies:
join surfaces globally
left to right - do not create or remove the red surfaces - best already in your gh-definition, manually, …
if everything is within tolerance _join will create a closed polysurface - (but it will not because of the details i mentioned above)
_showEdges will tell you where
join local elements - boolean
make sure every triangular or 4-corner “half-frame” element becomes a closed polysurface.
now booleanUnion everything.
you still will have issues with the geometrically unsolved details.
quick and very dirty
_shrinkwrap to get a mesh
… test on a few elements first, then do it globally for the entire frame during a coffeebreak…
good luck - cheers - tom