Thickening a complicated part
Thickening a complicated part
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I have a complicated part with 34 faces on 34 different planes. when i try to thicken it i get the error.... "UNABLE TO THICKEN THE SURFACE" when i try to thicking it the thickness i want. 1.25mm. BUT when i thicken it to 3mm or more it works fine. What could possibly be preventing this from thickening at a lesser wall thickness?






RE: Thickening a complicated part
Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer/AI student
RE: Thickening a complicated part
RE: Thickening a complicated part
Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer/AI student
RE: Thickening a complicated part
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RE: Thickening a complicated part
RE: Thickening a complicated part
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RE: Thickening a complicated part
Here is a trick I have used. Create a copy of the surface body, then scale it about the centroid, and connect the two surface bodies with various surfacing tools, knit all three together to form a solid.
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RE: Thickening a complicated part
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
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RE: Thickening a complicated part
One thing you can do is shell your solid without taking the wavy surface into account. Create your solid without the wavy surface and shell that way. Use your wavy surface to create a surface cut, trim your wavy surface to the surrounding geometry, and then thicken your wavy surface to blend in with the rest of the solid.
Yeah, it's a bit complicated, but you can make it happen as a work-around.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
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