qball Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I've made some solids by extruding closed polylines as shown in the attached file. It's a path with retaining walls down the side of a hill. I sliced with Planar Object (2d polyline) the solids to create a path with a slope. But I want to show roughly where the underside of the wall will be, so I tried to slice the solid again and it says "Slicing plane does not intersect the selected solid." or it says "pick a side to keep..." and it just doesn't slice the solid at all. Any thoughts? I did note that before I sliced the original extruded polyline that there were multiple grips on it, and when it's a sliced solid there's only one grip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 well if your error is slicing plane doesnt intersect object, its just that. How are you selecting your plane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Attach the file here. Indicate the slicing plane. (you might create a planesurf to indicate this) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qball Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 The slicing plane was a 2d polyline that I 3drotate 'd about the Yaxis to the desired slope. The help menu said the slice - planar object had to be a 2d polyline, not 3d. All the solids have a flat bottom elevation of -40 feet, but I want to slice the bottoms off so the bottom slopes up the hill as well. I was just moving my 2d polyline up and down the z-axis to the desired elevations. sidenote Shift: nice wheelie. what are you riding? new block.dwg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Something like this? (Right click on the zip file and select Extract All.) new block.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qball Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 Yes, quite a bit like that. Planesurface instead of 2d polyline - CONVTOSOLID command. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 CONVTOSOLID command. Thanks. No no no. Slice with Surface option. See the tutorials in my signature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qball Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 after listing your yellow surface I saw it was a Planesurface. So on mine I did CONVTOSOLID to my rotated 2d polyline, then SLice - surface option and it worked. Tried CONVTOSOLID again on a different polyline. Didn't work. Tried CONVTOSURFACE and that seems to work on polylines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I elected to keep both sides. After I did the Slice I moved the parts to show that they were separate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naveedLLB Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 how the top of a solid which is shelled is removed? Guide plz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 how the top of a solid which is shelled is removed? Guide plz. You should have started a new thread - that is a different topic. Shell command has been covered here many times in the past - a search might turn up relevant discussions. I know in the past I posted an animation of removing a face with shelling. This is also covered in the software when you hit the F1 key. If you still can't figure it out after search and F1 post back with more information on your exact geometry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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