Bass Guitar Shaping

Workshop Modeling Questions
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Hello Shapr3D community! I am not great at asking for help, but my frustration has peaked. I can visualize what I envision but struggle to make it happen. I am aiming to round the edges, which the exception of the neck pocket. After watching the demo I remember thinking “The Chamfer/Fillet” tool looks perfect for what I am trying to do. But then reality set in…My model was created with hundreds of edges! I found that I could select multiple at a time but finding a modest and consistant beveled edge is a challenge to me. I thought maybe selecting the body face (front/back) and then using the chamfer/fillet but it seems like that results in an impossible design error. I am sure this type of action has been done before - I’m open to your thoughts!

Then I would also like to add a slighlty arched top design. Perhaps by marking a center point on the front body face then pulling (z axis) upward?

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I’ll try not to be too hard on myself, this is all new territory for me! As a new user I was unable to upload the shapr file - more than happy to do so though when possible.

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Did you import the drawing and extruded it? You would need to redraw that with Shapr3d’s Spline tool. Shapr3d doesn’t have sketch line cleanup tools.

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Did you import a DXF file? That’s way too many nodes.

Have a look here. Modeling contours on guitar body - #6 by KPeter

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I believe I’ve gone from STL > STEP in terms of file types then imported the STEP file.

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If you take STL and convert to STEP lets say via Freecad. It’s not a true conversion. Like Oregon pointed out the lines you see are not curves they are straight lines from 1 point to the next. So your result is what is expected.

You might have saved a step by converting but introduced new problems. With Shapr3d I would take few minutes and redraw it vs trying to work with what looks like a messy extrution.

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In this case use the imported body as a guide to sketch over the top of using the spline tool. Make a plane above the body to sketch on. That is probably the best way to get what you want.

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Just for fun :backhand_index_pointing_down: