Filling cavity in a shelled solid

[jeff1975]

I have a shelled solid that I want to fill the cavity for editing. What is the best way to go about this? Solid was created in Solidworks by our supplier and imported into Autocad as a Sat file. I enclosed the bottom and a hole on each side of the part.

 

TP holder.dwg

[ReMark]

Sounds like a task better handled in Inventor.

 

Interesting. Using a much simpler 3D solid model I was able to create a solid in the size/shape of a void in plain AutoCAD. Not sure if I can do it with your model though.

Edited May 28, 2014 by ReMark

[JD Mather]

.... Solid was created in Solidworks by our supplier.

 

The SolidWorks user needs training - found a lot of errors and the part was not modeled with obvious symmetry about the origin (SolidWorks 101).

 

[ReMark]

I think I may have done it...well almost. Just half of the 3D model. It was an interesting exercise despite the errors JDM found.

 

One half the model; then I sliced out a chunk just to make sure it was solid throughout.

[jeff1975]

ReMark, how did you do it?

[ReMark]

I encompassed the TP holder in a cube, sliced through the two objects with a surface, eliminated the front halves of both, subtracted what remained of the TP holder from what remained of the cube then separated the two of them from each other. Or I used magic. Can't remember which it was now.

Edited May 28, 2014 by ReMark
correction

[jeff1975]

Cool, I was hoping it was magic. Thanks for the input ReMark.

[GP_]

Another way.

 

I've divided the gif because of the size.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jeff1975]

Thanks, GP_

[GP_]

You're welcome.