No enclosed volume

[joelnotts]

Hi,

I'm having some problems with a fairly complex shape. I'm
trying to mesh the part in an external software, but I
just get the error "no enclosed volume". The part is
drawn in wildfire 4.0 and exported as an Iges. It was a
shell that was thickened (am I right in assuming this
produces a solid rather than shell?) I've tried Data
Doctor but it couldn't find any gaps. Does anyone have
any other ideas how I can find the problem in ProE?

Any suggestions much appreciated.

Thanks

 

[krow72]

If your other software can read step files that is the route that I take. Step translation is geared more towards solids. If you pull the iges file in andgo to wireframe mode andif yousee yellow and magenta lines, this means that it is not solid. You have gaps.I always use step files.

 

[joelnotts]

Thanks very much for the reply, all the lines in wireframe
were black, so not showing any gaps. Exporting as a step
seemed to do the trick. Great advice!