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DIVIDING A PART TO SHELL ONLY CERTAIN SECTIONS

DIVIDING A PART TO SHELL ONLY CERTAIN SECTIONS

DIVIDING A PART TO SHELL ONLY CERTAIN SECTIONS

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I have a part which I split in half.  I'd like to shell each half.  Each section has some thin cross sections which I know will prevent the part from being shelled.  I'm wondering if there's a way to just shell certain sections (bypassing the thin walled cross sections, excluding from the shell those thin walled sections)?

Thanks.

RE: DIVIDING A PART TO SHELL ONLY CERTAIN SECTIONS

The shell feature is nothing but a macro for doing a surface offset and cutting the inside body away with that surface. So you could do the surface offset yourself, trim & fill as needed and do a "cut with surface".

Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer/AI student

RE: DIVIDING A PART TO SHELL ONLY CERTAIN SECTIONS

If you break the part into several bodies, you can shell the areas that will shell and then put it back together.

Another thing you might try is a multi-thickness shell.

Also, you might just try it.  The shell works much better than it used to.

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