Shell:
Exclude a face from the shell action
If you pick a face before executing the shell action, the face will excluded from the shell action.
Example:Shell a waveguide
Pick the two end faces |
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Result of shelling inside |
Shell |
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No picked faces |
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Result of shelling inside |
Shell |
Thicken Sheet:
Example:Thicken a sheet body
Select the sheet body |
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Result of thicken sheet inside |
Thicken Sheet
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Direction frame
Inside: The walls will be created to the inside direction of the original shape. The original shape will become the outside of the wall. The outside dimensions will not change.
Outside: The walls will be created to the outside direction of the original shape. The resulting shape will be bigger by the wall thickness.
Centered: The walls will be created by adding walls of half width to the outside and to the inside direction. The resulting shape will be bigger than the original one by half the wall thickness.
Example:
The original shape: |
The wall inside |
The wall outside |
The wall centered |
Thickness
Here you may specify the thickness of the walls to be created.
OK
Accepts the input and closes the window.
Preview
Previews the outcome of the current settings. This helps to visualize the definition of Inside and Outside in regard to thicken a sheet.
Cancel
Closes this dialog box without performing any further action.
Help
Shows this help text.
See also
Brick, Sphere, Cylinder, Elliptical cylinder, Cone, Torus, Extrude Profile, Extrude Face, Rotate Profile, Rotate Face, Loft, Coordinate systems.