I need a solid from existing surfaces. HELP!

[Neo_Richard_Blake]

Okay, I am at my wit's end trying to figure this out. How would I use a cylindrically enclosed set of surfaces to create a 3D Solid? I didn't originally design this, otherwise I would have started as a solid. Looking at the JPG, the left is the surface parts, the right is my revolved outer cylindar. I can't figure out where to go from here. Is there a way to just basically, fill in the hollow surface model, so that I can have a 3D Solid? If not, how would I make this into a 3D solid? Am I making this more difficult that it needs to be? Thanks for any help you can give.

[JD Mather]

Programs like Mechanical Desktop and Inventor will stitch surfaces into solids. Can you zip and post the file?

[Neo_Richard_Blake]

Here's the drawing. If you can do anything with it, let me know how to do it. :) Thanks.

[AutoCAD-Adviser]

Hi

There is no command in AutoCAD 2007 that can convert your complex surface to a solid. I would do the job in Autodesk Inventor.

[Neo_Richard_Blake]

Fair enough. I have a student version of Inventor R 11. What would I do to make these surfaces workable? When I import it into Inventor, all the pieces are automatically made into one part. I can select and highlight each individual surface, but I can't figure out how to manipulate any of them. I can't even delete any of them. Any advice?

BTW: Maybe the next version of AutoCAD should have a way to do this. :)

[JD Mather]

Your surfaces do not form a "watertight envelope" therefore you cannot stitch to a solid. Parts of the surface model are missing.

[Neo_Richard_Blake]

Well, this is only part of the whole bottle. I don't want to have to go through permissions to post a proprietary drawing on here, so I just sent the neck of the bottle. If were to make the enclosing top and bottom, would it then be able to be made into a solid and then sent to AutoCAD?

[bruno.vankogelenberg]

Try internet for m2s.lsp.


Mvg,

Bruno