Recommended test
Use a small box and a simple profile to separate a selection problem from a geometry problem.
- Save a checkpoint and apply a small Box in the current Custom Solid workspace.
- Draw a rectangle on one flat face and select it with Push/Pull.
- Choose Subtract, enter a shallow inward distance, wait for a valid preview and Apply.
- Compare those selections with the failing case before adding complexity.
Check the workspace and selection
Open Custom Solid from the ordinary app address. The current workspace is available by default and no longer needs a URL parameter. Save your work and reload the app if a tab still shows the old tool set. Earlier Rectangle/Path objects retain their separate editing behavior; see Start with Custom Solid.
Finish or cancel the current operation before changing tools. A solid operation may need a finished sketch, a recognized region, an axis or path, and a target body. Check the panel’s current picking prompt.
If Push/Pull selects a body face instead of the sketch, show the sketch in the browser and check that it has a closed region. Visible regions on saved face planes take priority over the supporting face. Use Profile to choose the intended region explicitly. Whole-face Push/Pull has its own operation choices; choose Move face only when you want to adjust the existing face and its neighbours.
No region appears
| Check | What to try |
|---|---|
| Endpoints do not meet | Zoom in and snap the final point to the existing endpoint. |
| Geometry is on different planes | Open the intended sketch and check its plane. |
| Required edges are construction geometry | Convert them to normal geometry or draw a normal boundary. |
| Duplicates or self-intersections | Remove the overlap and rebuild the junction. |
| An open curve lies inside a face | Extend it to the face boundary or close the outline. |
| The selected surface is curved | Use a flat face or a separate reference plane. |
The region count describes committed geometry, so finish the current drawing gesture before relying on it.
Push/Pull does not cut immediately
During mouse movement, the tool deliberately shows an outline and keeps the original body visible. Click again, press Enter or type a distance to calculate the actual solid result. Apply waits until that result is ready and valid.
For a cut, select Subtract, confirm Target body, and move into the body. Distance sign controls direction; it does not select the operation. Hold Shift for finer motion and use a straight-on view only when you want the up/down fallback.
A complex fixed preview can still take time. Start with a simple region and modest depth, and check any displayed error before trying again.
Fillet/Chamfer highlights remain immediate, while the solid calculation waits briefly for rapid input to settle. Apply reuses a matching validated preview. More rounded faces can still increase calculation time. Move face preserves roundovers on recognized straight extrusion ends, but a shortening must leave enough straight wall below the rounding.
A pattern member will not edit
Trim and Shift-Erase can edit a member of an applied Along path pattern. A successful edit releases that group into individual geometry; one Undo restores the group and the geometry. Other individual member edits need Explode first. A trim still needs valid intersections, and changing the independent guide does not regenerate the pattern. See path patterns.
Tilt or Wedge has no eligible edge
Select a sketch region, then a straight outer boundary edge. A circle alone has no straight hinge; hole edges and lines crossing the region are not eligible. Zero Angle/Rise cannot Apply. These motions do not operate directly on arbitrary body faces. See Tilt and Wedge.
An angled plane will not create
Plane → At angle needs a straight solid edge or visible sketch line, including a construction line. Curved edges cannot act as the hinge. Show the source sketch and its construction geometry if needed, then use Choose another hinge to pick again.
Choose a Zero-angle reference whose orientation is parallel to the hinge. Adjacent flat faces and compatible saved planes appear in the dropdown. An incompatible plane selected in the browser removes the preview and disables creation until you choose a valid reference. Enter an angle from −180° to 180°; zero is valid for this tool.
If the source edge changed or was deleted while choosing a plane, pick it again. A plane already created stays at its saved position when its source changes. See sketch planes.
A spline offset fails or forms a point
An offset may collapse a narrow region, split it into separate pieces or reach a cusp. Reduce the distance and inspect the highlighted source. Large offsets are not always possible for the chosen curve. New offsets are independent; changing a source spline does not automatically update earlier offsets.
Loft or Sweep will not apply
For Loft, use 2–16 closed profiles on different planes, in order, without holes. Optional rails must meet every profile boundary; use 2–8 open rails. A curve that passes nearby is not an intersection.
For Sweep, check the selected path chain and its start. Use Align to path start for an automatically placed profile, or ensure a kept sketch profile is correctly positioned and perpendicular at the start. Branches, sharp bends and an oversized profile can prevent a valid result.
Reference-image dragging or opacity seems inactive
Choose Reference, show the image and drag inside it. Select and drawing tools work on the sketch instead. The opacity slider affects the image, not the solid. Calibration, image visibility and image deletion are separate controls. See reference images.
A saved solid does not follow its sketch
Source editing and body editing are separate. The current tool does not replay previous features when a source changes. Use a new explicit operation, session Undo/Redo or a saved checkpoint.
The earlier Edit solid context menu does not provide a parametric creation editor for new OCCT bodies. Keep .strek for editing; GLB and 3MF exports are not substitutes.
When reporting a remaining problem, include a small saved example, the workspace mode, selected plane/body, operation, entered values and exact error text.