http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=12449&th=2491#msg_12449 mimekunst 2010-05-04T07:51:03-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=12466&th=2491#msg_12466 WelshDesigns 2010-05-04T15:09:39-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=12470&th=2491#msg_12470 Youknowwho4eva 2010-05-04T15:20:01-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=12534&th=2491#msg_12534 WelshDesigns wrote on Tue, 04 May 2010 15:09
if you have a simple surface, Max has a "shell" command. Go to Modifiers/Parametric Deformers then shell, and make sure you shell inside, not outside..

The edges make it non-manifold. When I click "select edges" they are shown to me, but how do I delete them? Additionally the edge, meaning the connection between the outer and inner shell does not exist.

The "select and uniform scale" does not work as the object is too complex. There is no continuous wall-thickness anymore.

Isn't there a script available to do that? ]]> mimekunst 2010-05-06T11:10:19-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=12541&th=2491#msg_12541
Depending on the shape this can be helpful in disentangling the inner shell afte applying the standard shell modifier.

And final step use boolean with a simple cylinder to cut a hole trough the shell, to let the support material out.


]]> virtox 2010-05-06T14:28:48-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=12570&th=2491#msg_12570 WelshDesigns 2010-05-07T05:54:08-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=12898&th=2491#msg_12898
Shell works well for simple, lowpoly surfaces but will indeed cause issues if the meshing is too dense.

There is a much, much more easy way to hollow objects tho. Simply throw in some spheres fitting inside the mass of your object. Convert them to edit poly, flip their faces, and attach them to your original shape. There you have it, spherical holes inside your print.

A good side effect is that it gives a certain cellular strength to things, as opposed to making everything hollow.

Hope this helps (I use it quite a bit, works great)

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