# Filling scanned surface **URL:** \ **Category:** Support & Feedback\ **Created:** [July 17, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/filling-scanned-surface/16785 "2022-07-17T10:39:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsutter](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/Tsutter)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/filling-scanned-surface/16785/1 "2022-07-17T10:39:44Z")
Hi, I scanned a sculpted cornerstone, where i had only access to the front. The resulting OBJ file is a surface, that i cannot use in 3D printing, as i would need a volume. Any tips on how to fill the object to make it a printable or editable volume of the complete cornerstone? ![Capture d’écran 2022-07-17 à 12.37.50](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/revopoint3d/original/2X/6/6287f3c8c9a8ecc2c3e278b4941ccad3d502e3f0.png) ![Capture d’écran 2022-07-17 à 12.38.06](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/revopoint3d/original/2X/0/0dd5cf70f7e158606ffe9f3eb64c0979314ddc11.png) ---
**Author:** ![dfodaro](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.revopoint3d.com/dfodaro/32/26256_2.png) [@dfodaro](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/dfodaro)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/filling-scanned-surface/16785/2 "2022-07-17T11:48:53Z")
Hi Tsutter, You could use Meshmixer (software free for win or mac) You can find many online tutorials and many videos on youtube ---
**Author:** ![JeffLindstrom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JeffLindstrom](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/JeffLindstrom)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/filling-scanned-surface/16785/3 "2022-07-17T16:44:38Z")
There are free and low-cost CAD software packages that can open some or all of the PLY, OBJ & STL file formats that can be exported from the Revo Scan and Revo Studio software. Using them, you can add surfaces to make an enclosed (aka ‘watertight’) object that can be 3D printed. ---
**Author:** ![dfodaro](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.revopoint3d.com/dfodaro/32/26256_2.png) [@dfodaro](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/dfodaro)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/filling-scanned-surface/16785/4 "2022-07-18T20:23:59Z")
Hi Tsutter, For my curiosity: Is a medieval representation of cicle of months, September? Where is? France? Belgium? ---
**Author:** ![Tsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsutter](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/Tsutter)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/filling-scanned-surface/16785/5 "2022-07-19T08:03:13Z")
The picture comes from a plinth in the wine museum in Paris, and celebrates wine harvesting. ---
**Author:** ![dfodaro](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.revopoint3d.com/dfodaro/32/26256_2.png) [@dfodaro](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/dfodaro)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/filling-scanned-surface/16785/6 "2022-07-19T10:42:02Z")
Hi Tsutter, Many Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![jon\_bondy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@jon\_bondy](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/jon_bondy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/filling-scanned-surface/16785/7 "2024-10-03T23:31:57Z")
These responses are vague and generic. I need a specific tutorial for how to add planes on the back of an object to a scan of the front of an object to create a manifold, 3D printable object. Can anyone point me to a tutorial about how to add surfaces to a scan to make a manifold object, please? Thanks! Jon ---
**Author:** ![ivan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.revopoint3d.com/ivan/32/16571_2.png) [@ivan](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/ivan)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/filling-scanned-surface/16785/8 "2024-10-04T00:22:36Z")
Hi! You want to make a “solid” body. Here is one such tutorial with principles explained using meshmixer, which maybe you find more useful.please take a look and give me a feedback. [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/revopoint3d/original/3X/e/b/ebb05fcf4c6cef4c3ec7dd53b410a3a494fb2063.jpeg "Converting a Surface into a Solid 3D Model using Metashape and Meshmixer #Scantober") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXEeXsrUWxI) ---
**Author:** ![jon\_bondy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@jon\_bondy](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/jon_bondy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/filling-scanned-surface/16785/9 "2024-10-04T01:07:37Z")
Ivan: great video! Thank you! Unfortunately, it does not work with my scan, but I understand the principle. My scan is far from flat, so selecting all of the geometry results in no extrusion at all in MeshMixer. If I select just a small relatively flat portion of the scan, the extrusion works, but the surface is pulled down with the extrusion, rather than leaving the surface alone and adding volume beneath it. That is, it leaves a hole on the original surface. Still not there yet. ---
**Author:** ![ivan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.revopoint3d.com/ivan/32/16571_2.png) [@ivan](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/ivan)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/filling-scanned-surface/16785/10 "2024-10-04T01:12:43Z")
ok. you might look into some other useful video lookinh for keywords and their combinations: 3d scan , 3d print, 3d printing, meshmixer, cleaning, solid, post processing, cleanup… it gets you videos like: [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/revopoint3d/original/3X/8/f/8f3129d8179238350de4e3a183d17ad6996e23f3.jpeg "Essential Guide To Start Editing Your STL & 3D SCAN Models 👉 For 3D Printing") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMITlJ2UVX8) ---
**Author:** ![ivan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.revopoint3d.com/ivan/32/16571_2.png) [@ivan](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/ivan)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/filling-scanned-surface/16785/11 "2024-10-04T01:24:41Z")
can you maybe show how you 3d scan looks like or even share stl of it to check? ---
**Author:** ![jon\_bondy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@jon\_bondy](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/jon_bondy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/filling-scanned-surface/16785/12 "2024-10-04T13:03:27Z")
Thank you for the new video: I will look at it later. Here is the STL I am working with: http:\www.jonbondy.com\mush.stl Jon ---
**Author:** ![ivan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.revopoint3d.com/ivan/32/16571_2.png) [@ivan](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/u/ivan)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.revopoint3d.com/t/filling-scanned-surface/16785/13 "2024-10-04T18:38:24Z")
look into this. I will also try it out on your model [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/revopoint3d/original/3X/d/0/d0312553f0acce21f38c6282f06b755e7dd27cb8.jpeg "How to fill in a 90 degree hole in Meshmixer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AALztRRqgxE)