3d printing thickening walls

eddy_99 · April 28, 2024, 9:35am

This vehicle is a STL import, soften and smoothed.
I removed the windows and now I don’t have a solid which is no use for 3d printing.
I have played with Extension Projection to get the windows to push pull.
Just wondering if the is a way to thicken the internals as the model stands?
Eddy

Truck01.skp (6.3 MB)

DaveR · April 28, 2024, 10:49am

You could do it but I expect it would be a whole lot of work to get cleaned up to make it printable. Try Joint Push/Pull by Fredo6 from Sketchucation. If you haven’t already, scale it up first. That’ll help avoid the tiny face issue.

eddy_99 · April 28, 2024, 11:00am

Thanks DaveR.
Tried joint push pull, as you say so much hassle and cleaning up.
Playing with Blender now and it might be a case of using both to get the desired result.

Eddy

DaveR · April 28, 2024, 11:50am

Maybe you can just make a simple sor of blob shape to fit inside.

eddy_99 · April 28, 2024, 1:38pm

I did think of playing with an internal skin but found it was just not worth the effort.
I have a compromise of using SketchUp and Blender in combination and getting the results I need.

These are previous trucks I have done. Conclusion it’s not the easiest of jobs.