help turning imported STL into solid

scott_depace
scott_depace Member Posts: 9 ✭
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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

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  • nick_papageorge_dayjob
    nick_papageorge_dayjob Member, csevp Posts: 1,264 PRO
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    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.

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  • nick_papageorge_dayjob
    nick_papageorge_dayjob Member, csevp Posts: 1,264 PRO
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    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
    dirk_van_der_vaart Member Posts: 561 ✭✭✭
    edited February 2024
    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
    scott_depace Member Posts: 9 ✭
    Thanks guys. I'll give it a shot.

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