You are now ready to edit the object! You can turn the History back on at this point as well.

Select your split bodies and select OK and it will create the new body.

Go to SURFACE section and select MODIFY → Stitch.

Repeat above steps if you are still getting too many facets. Right click the object and select MESH to BREP for each body. Designed by Autodesk, the software developer responsible for AutoCAD, Maya, and Fusion 360, TinkerCAD aims to offer a free and undaunting introduction to 3D modeling. Supported File Formats: STL, OBJ, GLB, SVG. MeshMixer is a 3D design and modeling tool for 3D printing or scanning, supported by Autodesk (acquired 2011).

Move back to the SOLID section to access the MESH to BREP againĥD. Operating System Compatibility: Browser-based.

If you have to plane cut, MESH->Modify->Plane Cut, and the cut type is split bodyĥC. If the MESH has too many facets, I prefer to plane cut the object into smaller chunks so I don’t need to use the Reduce under MESH->Modify and lose precisionĥB. Right click the object and select Mesh to BREP and the operation is a new bodyĥA.Left side, right click on the unsaved project name “(unsaved)” and click on “Do not capture Design History” and select Continue.Here, then you can reposition, rotate the mesh object and define units, etc.It’s pretty easy and there are a few good Youtube videos on it. While Tinkercad and Meshmixer are good, free programs, its pretty much guaranteed that the car you drive or the computer you use were not designed with those. I’ve been doing a bit of STL modifications in Fusion 360 lately.

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