Solid body displaying without fill
Solid body displaying without fill
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Hello,
I am attempting to model a hollow sphere in 3D, in NX10, because the shell thickness is too large for a 2D thin shell analysis to be adequate. I ran into a problem when I used the Revolve command to generate my geometry; I chose Solid as the body type.
On the FEM file, when I generate the mesh, I only see triangular elements on the outer surface but nothing on the inside. I was wondering if this type of display is some sort of default for NX10 or if it's something on my end and, if so, how I can correct it. Attached is an image of what I see when modelling the sphere.
Any help is appreciated and thanks in advance.
I am attempting to model a hollow sphere in 3D, in NX10, because the shell thickness is too large for a 2D thin shell analysis to be adequate. I ran into a problem when I used the Revolve command to generate my geometry; I chose Solid as the body type.
On the FEM file, when I generate the mesh, I only see triangular elements on the outer surface but nothing on the inside. I was wondering if this type of display is some sort of default for NX10 or if it's something on my end and, if so, how I can correct it. Attached is an image of what I see when modelling the sphere.
Any help is appreciated and thanks in advance.





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RE: Solid body displaying without fill
Yes, I saw that. That's why I responded: "I guess something went wrong with the revolve operation".
The rest of my post details some things to check which might lead to that sort of unexpected result.
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RE: Solid body displaying without fill
I'm thinking of resetting to the customer defaults since I might have tampered with some display option along the way. Think it might help?
RE: Solid body displaying without fill
www.nxjournaling.com
RE: Solid body displaying without fill
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Solid body displaying without fill
I feel genuinely ashamed for committing such a silly mistake. I was thinking on Solid Edge or SolidWorks terms, where when you section a solid it automatically renders with a cap. Thank you very much for your help.