Polygon mesh to solid model

[barnlogic]

Hey,

I have a freeware tooth model (.3ds) that I am turning into a gold tooth tap handle for a friend that I plan on printing out via shapeways or some place like that.

Problem is that when I bring polygon mesh into Pro/E it is useless. It has no solid geomtery, if I select it as a surface to solidify, the solidify option is greyed out.

I have Rhino as well and I was hoping that there is a translation path that allows me to take a polygon mesh and turn it into a solid.

Any suggestions are welcome. If I figure it out on my own I will post my solution here.

Thank you all for your help!

Mike

 

[Atropos89]

There is always this plugin: [url]http://download.cnet.com/3DS-Import-for-Pro-ENGINEER/3000-66 77_4-10973836.html[/url]


It has a free trial if you want to test it out.

 

[barnlogic]

Cool,

Thanks, I'll give it a shot. I'll let you know how it works out.

Thanks Zach!

 

[barnlogic]

It seems that this is another option:

http://www.okino.com/proe.htm?1