https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:07:48 +0000 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:57:21 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9063 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=9063&PID=23091&title=2d-3d-conversion-issues#23091 Author: John Connor
Subject: 9063
Posted: 21.Mar.2013 at 10:57

I made your profile a region.
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Subject: 9063
Posted: 21.Mar.2013 at 01:53

Thanks. It worked fine. Can you tell me what you did?

Bob

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]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:53:35 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=9063&PID=23088&title=2d-3d-conversion-issues#23088 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=9063&PID=23081&title=2d-3d-conversion-issues#23081 Author: John Connor
Subject: 9063
Posted: 20.Mar.2013 at 12:33

Here you go.  Your casing profile as a region.  Use the Extrude command to give it height.  You might want to change to a southeast isometric view to see it better.

uploads/165260/Casing2000.dwg]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:33:06 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=9063&PID=23081&title=2d-3d-conversion-issues#23081 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=9063&PID=23079&title=2d-3d-conversion-issues#23079 Author: John Connor
Subject: 9063
Posted: 20.Mar.2013 at 11:15

I clicked on some of your geometry only to find it is a 3D face.  What is the reasoning behind that?

AutoCAD 2000?  Argh.

Well if you had something a bit more recent you could use the PressPull command to create a 3D solid model from your profile but you don't.  That means you would normally use the Extrude command but because you used 3D faces all you'll get is a surface.

Recreate the profile using lines or polylines and arcs.  Use the Pedit command to join everything into a single, continuous entity then use the Extrude command to give it some height.  The result will be a 3D solid.

I'd only use surfaces if I were doing something like a sheetmetal product.  Looks like you are attempting to create a wood casing which, if memory serves me correctly, can be cut with a saw meaning the casing would be solid wood through and through.  Solid wood = 3D solid in my mind.  Your's too?
]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:15:26 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=9063&PID=23079&title=2d-3d-conversion-issues#23079 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=9063&PID=23078&title=2d-3d-conversion-issues#23078 Author: azbopeep
Subject: 9063
Posted: 20.Mar.2013 at 09:50

How do I turn a bunch of lines in a plane to a solid? There are so many entity names (region, surface, group, hatch. etc.) that I have major trouble just getting from lines to a 2D surface. Once I get there, I need to extrude this somehow into my 3D solid. Until I do this point, AutoCAD won't let me miter the corners by subtracting 3Dprisms. How do I get to this point?

Thanks,
Bob
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