Thickness

To create a Thickness or a Hollowed Solid in the active part:

select in the Main Menu Features - > Thickness item or
click Thickness button in the toolbar

Two Thickness algorithms are:

../_images/thickness.png

make a thickness of a shell or a face

../_images/thickness2.png

make a hollowed solid

Thickness of a shell or a face

../_images/thicknessPropertyPanel.png — Thickness property panel

Input fields:

Shape defines the base shape (shell or face) selected in 3D OCC viewer or object browser;
Distance defines the thickness value. Negative values are not allowed;
Thicken towards the inside check box defines the thickening direction;

TUI Command:

model.addThickness(Part_doc, shape, dist, isInside)

Parameters:

part – The current part object.
object – A shape in format model.selection(TYPE, shape).
real – Thickness value.
boolean – Inside/outside direction flag.

Returns:

Created object.

Result

Result of thickness of a shell.

../_images/thickness_result.png — Thickness of a shell

See Also a sample TUI Script of thickness operation.

Hollowed solid

../_images/thicknessPropertyPanel2.png — Hollowed Solid property panel

Input fields:

Shape defines the base shape (solid) selected in 3D OCC viewer or object browser;
Distance defines the thickness value. Negative values are not allowed;
Faces to remove defines the faces of the base solid, where the hole is done;
Thicken towards the inside check box defines the thickening direction;

TUI Command:

model.addHollowedSolid(Part_doc, shape, dist, faces, isInside)

Parameters:

part – The current part object.
object – A shape in format model.selection(“SOLID”, shape).
real – Thickness value.
objects – Faces of the solid in format [model.selection(“FACE”, shape), …].
boolean – Inside/outside direction flag.

Returns:

Created object.

Result

Result of hollowed solid of a box. Left and front faces selected.

../_images/thickness_result2.png — Hollowed solid of a box

See Also a sample TUI Script of thickness operation.