The Check Manifold command (from
Tools
Modeling) enables you to determine whether a selected object encloses a single full space, or has appended surfaces.
On starting the command, you are prompted to select a solid. Click to select the solid you want to check.
As soon as you select the solid, the program displays an alert dialog box containing one of the following messages:
The solid is manifold
(The solid encloses a single full space and has no appended surfaces)
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This solid is open
(The solid has one or more faces missing)
This solid is multishell
(The solid consists of one or more separate parts, such as those resulting from a Boolean union operation)
This solid is not manifold
(The solid has appended surfaces)