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How to go back and forth between solid and surface model?
Ben_Misegades
Member Posts: 133 ✭✭✭
As an example, say I model a solid cube. In SolidWorks, I would simply pick a face, hit delete face, and now I have an open box made of zero-thickness surfaces.
To go the other way, I could add a planar surface defined by the open side of the box, and then knit the two surface bodies together and tick the option to create a solid, and now I have my solid cube again.
Is there no way to do this in OS presently?
To go the other way, I could add a planar surface defined by the open side of the box, and then knit the two surface bodies together and tick the option to create a solid, and now I have my solid cube again.
Is there no way to do this in OS presently?
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Jake_Rosenfeld
Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 1,646 
Hi Ben,
We currently do not have this functionality, but for now you could use the 'replace face' functionality if you want to replace some side of a box with some different surface topology. Surfacing like this is on our radar, but it will help if you add or vote on an existing improvement request to the right --->Jake Rosenfeld - Modeling Team6
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We currently do not have this functionality, but for now you could use the 'replace face' functionality if you want to replace some side of a box with some different surface topology. Surfacing like this is on our radar, but it will help if you add or vote on an existing improvement request to the right --->