Thickness Construction

To add Thickness to a shape in the Main Menu select New Entity - > Generation - > Thickness.

Switch between adding thickness to a Face (Shell) or a Solid using radio buttons.

Firstly, Thickness can be applied to a Face or a Shell to create a Solid.

It is necessary to define an Object (Face or Shell) and the value of Thickness. Thicken towards the inside check box allows changing the thickness direction.

Example:

Thickness of Shell

Secondly, the Thickness can be applied to a Solid to create a hollowed Solid.

It is necessary to define a Solid Object Faces to be removed from the result and Thickness. Thicken towards the inside check box allows changing the thickness direction.

Example:

Thickness of Solid

TUI Commands:
geompy.MakeThickSolid(theShape, theThickness, theFacesIDs=[]) - Makes a thick solid from a shape;
geompy.Thicken(theShape, theThickness, theFacesIDs=[]) - Modifies a shape to make it a thick solid.

Arguments: Name + 1 shape (face, shell or solid) + thickness + the list of face IDs.
If the shape is a face or a shell the list of face IDs is not used. The thickness can be positive or negative for thickening towards the inside.

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