topic Re: ShrinkWrap Faceted Solid fails in 3D Part & Assembly Design

ShrinkWrap Faceted Solid fails

mnico — Thu, 03 May 2018 00:11:00 GMT

I am working with the ShrinkWrap feature to create light representations of large assemblies. Subsequently I need to create a STL file out of the ShrinkWrap (I am aware that it is possible to create the STL from the ShrinkWrap window, but we have an automated process).We are generating

Re: ShrinkWrap Faceted Solid fails

TomD.inPDX — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 22:42:12 GMT

Part size seems to have a lot to do with it.

Filling holes doesn't solve it? Not that you would necessarily want to do that.

The Merged Solid option doesn't solve it? You can output the solid as a STL with much more control.

You might look outside Creo to check the output if this process is important. MeshMixer will solidify leaky STLs with little effort.

Anything facet modification based manipulation is buried on some optional PTC Creo extension (Manufacturing?).

Features that generate facet mesh are hardly universal within Creo either, meaning the level of control is best only in an STL export.

Even that has some serious limitations error error modes.

Shrinkwrap's reliability making faceted solids also seems to weaken as assembly complexity increases.

Since you seem to be bound by some hard rules, it is hard to speculate on a more reliable solutions.

Re: ShrinkWrap Faceted Solid fails

mnico — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:17:02 GMT

The problem was solved by reducing the quality level. Probably for high levels the triangulation is more complex.