Turn object into solid.

[DuWayne]

I have a drawing of a NACA 0012 airfoil. I extruded it to length and would like to turn it into a solid. What are the steps to turn it in a solid?

[ReMark]

You'll be doing this using Mech 2000?

[DuWayne]

Yes using Mechanical Desktop 4

[ReMark]

So is this airfoil a surface or a mesh at the moment?

[DuWayne]

I have attached the file.

Thanks for the help! I'm just getting started

with 3D.

Helicopter Blades New.dwg

[ReMark]

I brought the airfoil into AutoCAD 2010 (ignoring warning about missing proxy objects) and did a List command on it. I'm told the airfoil is already a 3Dsolid. There's nothing to do.

[DuWayne]

I have been trying to edit it by slicing but it won't let me.

Guess I will just have to dig a little deeper.

Thanks for your help

[JD Mather]

Yes using Mechanical Desktop 4

 

AutoCAD Mechanical is not Mechanical Desktop.

[kencaz]

I have been trying to edit it by slicing but it won't let me.

Guess I will just have to dig a little deeper.

Thanks for your help

 

I was able to slice using an extruded spline. I did notice you had a couple of hatch objects within the solid. Perhaps you were inadvertently selecting the hatches and not the solid during your slice operation.

 

 

Shift + Space will allow you to cycle your selection if you did not know already.

 

KC