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Surfaces to Solid

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Surfaces to Solid

Surfaces to Solid

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Hi all,
I am importing a file into inventor from mechanical desktop. Unfortunately the file from desktop was done in surfaces. As i am trying to assemble this in inventor with parts drawn as solids does anyone know how i can change this from surfaces into solids??
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RE: Surfaces to Solid

have not seen this function in inventor yet...maybe in release 20

RE: Surfaces to Solid

Use the thicken tool.

Sean Dotson, PE
Autodesk Inventor Certified Expert
http://www.sdotson.com
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