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I need help with mesh to analytic tool please. 
 
            
            
    
        
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                I started by removing all the collapsed facets. Then I use the mesh to Analytic tool which in return gives me an error message of "Unable to convert mesh element into analytics".
What else do I need to do to convert my mesh model into a solid, so it can be printed on a 3-D printer? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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                I'd chuck it in meshlab or cloud compare sample it to generate a point cloud. Then remesh it. 
            
  
         
     
 
    
        
            
     
    
        
            
        
     
 
    
        
     
 
            
        
    
        
            
            
    
        
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                Hi Ugmentalcase,
            
  
         
     
 
    
        
            
     
    
        
            
        
     
 
    
        
     
 
            
        
            
        
            
            
    
        
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                Point cloud to analytics finds planar, cylindrical, conical, ellipsoid surface sections in meshes.  It's suitable for mechanical and csg-type models, it's completely irrelevant and inappropriate to your statue mesh.  You don't need to convert it to a CAD solid at all to 3D print, and if you're using Cura as a slicer, it accepts six or seven import formats for your model and it's tolerant of notional flaws that will stop SLA or other UV-cured resin printers.  If you want to modify your model, for example put it onto a base, PunchCAD V12 does much better mesh booleans than earlier versions, make the base as a mesh and it should add to your model as you'd expect solids to add.  Failing that, Meshmixer, a freeware app that Autodesk took in-house for a while and added good features to, like mesh trimming, closing, shelling and booleans like this, will do it.      
            
  
         
     
 
    
        
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