A cup, a box, a recess
Anything that is open at the top and holds liquid: it fills from the bottom up to the level.
Tool · Edit tab
Fill up
to a level
Fill up fills what a part would hold if liquid were poured in from above, to a level you choose: the inside of a cup or a box, a recess, a sealed hollow. Keep the fill as a solid part of the model, or as a part of its own that fits the inside exactly.
How to use it§ 01
- Select one object.
- Click Fill up on the Edit tab.
- Set the fill level. The part on the plate shows the fill in blue as you change it.
- Choose how it comes out: filled into the part, or kept as its own part.
- Click Fill. The status bar says how much was added, in cubic centimeters.
What gets filled§ 02
A pocket open to the side
It fills only up to its opening, as liquid would. Above that it would run out.
A sealed hollow
A closed space inside a part fills whole.
Tubes and walls on the plate
Tick The plate is a floor, and a tube, a ring or walls standing on the plate fill as a cup does. The fill stands flat on the plate.
Two results§ 03
Filled into the part
The inside becomes solid, up to the level. The part is one object again, and its volume goes up.
A part of its own
The fill is a separate object that fits the inside exactly. Print it in a second filament, or use it to see how much a cavity holds: the status bar gives its volume.
The numbers§ 04
Fill level
How high it is filled. At the top it is filled to the brim. Lower, it stops at that height, as liquid poured to a line would.
The plate is a floor
Nothing drains down through the plate, so a tube, a ring or walls standing on it fill like a cup.
Keep as its own part
The fill as a separate object. Off, the part is filled solid.
Detail
How many voxels run along the part’s longest side. The part keeps its own surface; this is how finely the fill finds its way into corners.
Good to know§ 05
- It is a quick way to measure a cavity: fill it to the brim as its own part and read the volume.
- A fill as its own part is good for a second filament: a colored inlay, or a clear one.
- The part keeps its own surface. The result is joined to the part and checked, and if it would not be closed, the tool says so and changes nothing.
- Every cavity that can hold liquid is filled up to the level.
- On a big model, a fine detail takes longer. The panel shows progress, and Abort changes nothing.
- To hollow a part instead of filling it, use Hollow on the same tab.
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