Cut Object out of cube doesn't work
Hey,
I'm trying to cut an imported stl model out of a cube but it always throws
an error (WARNING: Object may not be a valid 2-manifold and may need
repair!).
I already tried to fix it with Netfabb. But in that case it throws a
different error (ERROR: CGAL error in CGAL_Nef_polyhedron3(): CGAL ERROR:
assertion violation! Expr: e->incident_sface() != SFace_const_handle() File:
/opt/mxe/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32.static/include/CGAL/Nef_S2/SM_const_decorator.h
Line: 326).
I tried my code with an example model and it worked without any problems. So
there must be a problem with my imported model. Maybe somebody has an idea
what i could try to get this work.
My code:
model_filename = "mri_vessel_extract_fixed.stl";
model_rotate = [0,0,0];
model_translate = [0,0,0];
model_scale = 1;
difference(){
translate([103.5,-133,16.9]){
cube(size=[30,11.5,10]);
}
scale(model_scale)
translate(v = model_translate)
rotate(model_rotate)
import(model_filename);
}
I uploaded the two models in my dropbox so you can try it yourself. Maybe I
just did anything else wrong.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dhjhagjhd9s19g7/AABqT30nO4eJC-qfjAQiSi8oa?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dhjhagjhd9s19g7/AABqT30nO4eJC-qfjAQiSi8oa?dl=0
Thank you in advance
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epe wrote
I'm trying to cut an imported stl model out of a cube but it always throws
an error (WARNING: Object may not be a valid 2-manifold and may need
repair!).
Meshlab shows it has a problem (the ...fixed.stl)
http://forum.openscad.org/file/t359/td22541.jpg
The top bit is not manifold.
The lower red circle shows what looks like a infinitely thin face, that's
likely a problem, there are similar ones in the middle area at the base of
the T too.
Fixing that is sometimes not easy. I'll have a look a bit later...
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Close up of that area in Netfabb
http://forum.openscad.org/file/t359/td22541_B.jpg
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http://forum.openscad.org/file/t359/td22541_C.jpg
There you go, hollowed out cube.
Here's the file, if you're happy with the pointy end bits cut off...
mri_vessel_extract_fixed_Md.stl
http://forum.openscad.org/file/t359/mri_vessel_extract_fixed_Md.stl
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BTW what vessel?
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Thanks a lot. It works perfectly.
Can you tell me what you exactly did so I can understand it better and do it
myself in the future?
MichaelAtOz wrote
BTW what vessel?
The model is a small part of a brain vessel extracted from a MRI.
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jeeze and all this time I just thought STL's would never work for this
because they are just a soup of triangles and not a "mathematical" volume
I shall have to find some "tidy" STL's to play with!!!
On 24/11/17 03:24, MichaelAtOz wrote:
http://forum.openscad.org/file/t359/td22541_C.jpg
There you go, hollowed out cube.
Here's the file, if you're happy with the pointy end bits cut off...
mri_vessel_extract_fixed_Md.stl
http://forum.openscad.org/file/t359/mri_vessel_extract_fixed_Md.stl
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epe wrote
Can you tell me what you exactly did so I can understand it better and do
it
myself in the future?
I was able to fille the model, but I can't get rid of the little thin
faces.
Firstly some experience of what looks wrong helps.
But start with Meshlab, Render/Show Non Manif Edges & Show Non Manif
Vertices.
If any are non-zero, Filters/Selection/Select non Manifold (Edges &/or
Vertices).
Also try Filter/Select/Select Self Interseting Faces.
Then go looking for the coloured bits.
Then, this is where it is an art, start looking at the vertices/edges around
there.
Set Render/Show Non Faux Edges.
Rotate/Translate/Zoom examine the area.
You may see a hole, or something doesn't render right.
In this case it was a face that jutted out seemingly without volume.
(You could try the following in Meshlab, but I switch to Netfabb)
In Netfabb Click the repair icon (Red Cross).
Rotate/Translate/Zoom examine the area. Wrong things are easier to spot than
in Meshlab.
Then start selecting vertices and deleting them trying to make a neat hole,
you will see
edges/vertices that also look wrong, delete them. Work on one area at a
time.
If it's on a protruding bit, look at the opposite side, probably trim that
too.
Zoom in real close, things like this are wrong, blow them away too...
http://forum.openscad.org/file/t359/Problem_site_in_Netfabb.jpg
Then Right-click the hole, try Close Trivial Holes. Try Close All Holes.
If that doesn't work reshape the hole a bit. Try again.
Click the Update button, make sure there are zero holes.
Rotate/Translate/Zoom examine the area. Make sure it looks 'right'
Then Click Apply Repair.
Click Part/Export Part, export the STL.
Test it.
Note that there have been many STLs which I couldn't fix.
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