Thickness

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

  1. select in the Main Menu Features - > Thickness item or

  2. click thickness.icon Thickness button in the toolbar

Two Thickness algorithms are:

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make a thickness of a shell or a face

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make a hollowed solid


Thickness of a shell or a face

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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.

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Thickness of a shell

See Also a sample TUI Script of thickness operation.

Hollowed solid

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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.

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Hollowed solid of a box

See Also a sample TUI Script of thickness operation.