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Creating a solid from a group of surfaces or modifying a dead solid??

Creating a solid from a group of surfaces or modifying a dead solid??

Creating a solid from a group of surfaces or modifying a dead solid??

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Is there a way to modify a dead solid?  The dead solid is a result of a mirror operation and then deleting the original.  I now need to modify the resulting geometry.

In trying to modify the existing geo I converted the body to a series of surfaces thinking I could generate a "smart" solid from them.  Is this possible?

RE: Creating a solid from a group of surfaces or modifying a dead solid??

First of all, you can (kinda) modify a dumb solid. You can add new features to it (pads and pockts, etc) and you can use Remove Face to delete features (if used carefully).  You can also add things like Thickness, Fillets, Draft, Holes, etc. to dumb solids. But without the history, it's not easy to modify the shape.

Converting the solid into surfaces should work, but it will be alot of work. But in the end, you'll have a bunch of dumb surfaces (no history), that are joined together to create a ClosedSurface solid. I see very little benefit to this approach.  

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