Thicken Feature
Creates a solid feature by thickening one or more adjacent surfaces.
If the surface you want to thicken is comprised of
multiple adjacent surfaces, you must first knit the surfaces together
before you thicken the surface.
To thicken a surface:
Click Thicken
on the Features toolbar, or click Insert,
Boss/Base, Thicken.
Under Thicken
Parameters, do the following:
In the graphics area, select a Surface
to Thicken .
Examine the preview, and select the side of the
surface you want to thicken, as shown below.
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Thicken Side 1
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Thicken Both Sides
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Thicken Side 2
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To create a solid, click Create
solid from enclosed volume. This option is available only if you
created a volume that is fully enclosed by surfaces.
Click OK
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Original surface |
Thickened surface |
To cut an existing solid by thickening
a surface:
You can thicken a surface to cut a solid
and create multibody parts.
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Click Thickened Cut
on the Features toolbar, or click Insert,
Cut, Thicken.
Under Thicken
Parameters, do the following:
In the graphics area, select a Surface
to Thicken . If you are cutting a multibody part,
set the Feature
Scope options.
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Examine the preview, and select the side of the surface you want
to thicken. The following example shows the Thicken
Both Sides option.
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Click OK .
The Bodies
to Keep dialog box appears, which gives you the option to create
a multibody part.
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Select All bodies or Selected bodies.
If you choose Selected bodies,
the dialog box expands to display the number of bodies available. Select
the check boxes of the bodies you want to keep.
Click OK.
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All bodies |
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