help turning imported STL into solid

scott_depace

Anyone feel like pointing me in the right direction? Trying to model this putter which I have an STL scan of. Not sure how best to go about it. i have read processes for conversions, but I was hoping to give this a go. I am pretty new to onshape so any help would be appreciated. 

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e6295fe80782b0ae4aac41d3/w/1bbb18cb0b9b773d6421a980/e/866bdad141eae4c18312312f?renderMode=0&uiState=65bad932c994bf62fa53b17f

nick_papageorge073

It's too complicated for a new user. This was originally modeled using curves and surfaces it looks like by a big company with a staff of engineers. That's what's used when companies want "organic" shapes, which is what most injection molded products are these days, and metal castings.

I'd recommend trying to get "close" using block form modeling as a beginner. From the top down view, draw the outer shape, and extruded it. Then draw the cutouts, and extrude them. Add draft to tilt the walls to approximate. Then add rounds to blend it together. It won't be the same, but from 3 feet away it will look close.

nick_papageorge073

It's too complicated for a new user. This was originally modeled using curves and surfaces it looks like by a big company with a staff of engineers. That's what's used when companies want "organic" shapes, which is what most injection molded products are these days, and metal castings.

I'd recommend trying to get "close" using block form modeling as a beginner. From the top down view, draw the outer shape, and extruded it. Then draw the cutouts, and extrude them. Add draft to tilt the walls to approximate. Then add rounds to blend it together. It won't be the same, but from 3 feet away it will look close.

dirk_van_der_vaart

Agree with nick_papageorge073 , and you can make it a bit easier for yourself to model only half of the model and add the stick after you mirror your created model.

scott_depace

Thanks guys. I'll give it a shot.