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    Hello everybody!
    I am new to the forum here...

    I created something in Rhino and imported it in Autocad as .3ds file but the geometry is not a solid one but a polyface mesh and I cannot edit it with boolean commands, thus I cannot continue editing it...
    I found out that there is this plugin Mesh 2 Solid but it is not free and I cannot find a proper crack anywhere..Could anybody help me please...I cannot find any other way to make mesh solid.....
    Thank you in advance

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    You are not likely to get any assistance here in obtaining a "proper crack". CADTutor does not condone the use of cracked software.

    Isn't the program shareware? The download is free. It is supposed to be try and buy. So, try it once then decide whether or not you want to buy it.

    Another option:

    "Since version 2010 you can directly convert a "watertight" 3D mesh (polyface mesh) to a 3D solid. To keep the original unsmoothed facets, set the FACETERSMOOTHLEV variable to 0. Use the MESHSMOOTH command to convert the 3D mesh to a MESH object (if necessary) and then make the 3D solid from it using the CONVTOSOLID command (right-click on the mesh and choose "Convert mesh to")."

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    You might try Inventor Fusion - it's free but it expires next year sometime around April or May - it is a development product. Within it there is a way to thicken (I believe it will handle a mesh), creating a solid body.
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    Convert your Polyface mesh to surface. Once this is done you can use any of the options to create a solid, depending on its geometry.
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    Default trouble with converting polymesh to solid

    hello
    i have been trying to convert polymesh structure to solid to measure dimensions.
    or please let me if there is any other means to calculate or check or to change dimensions with in polymesh structure.i have triedconvtosolid command even surface commaad didnt work. error: cannot convert selected object.

    please help me out!!

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    You are not likely to get any assistance here in obtaining a "proper crack". CADTutor does not condone the use of cracked software.

    Isn't the program shareware? The download is free. It is supposed to be try and buy. So, try it once then decide whether or not you want to buy it.

    Another option:

    "Since version 2010 you can directly convert a "watertight" 3D mesh (polyface mesh) to a 3D solid. To keep the original unsmoothed facets, set the FACETERSMOOTHLEV variable to 0. Use the MESHSMOOTH command to convert the 3D mesh to a MESH object (if necessary) and then make the 3D solid from it using the CONVTOSOLID command (right-click on the mesh and choose "Convert mesh to")."

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    hello

    i have been tryn to convert polymesh to solid to calculate dimensions or to check. help me out as convtosolid command is not working. or if i can check within polymesh.

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    Post a copy of your mesh object in DWG format. Someone here will take a look at it.
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    I APOLOGIZE, cannot send files as its secured, ill try and ill post solution over here.

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    So you have a solution or not?

    No one here is going to steal your drawing.

    Is your mesh watertight?

    If you had access to AutoCAD 2012 or higher you could try using the SURFSCULPT command.

    "The SURFSCULPT command automatically combines and trims a collection of surfaces that enclose a watertight area to create a solid."
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