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Giving Thickness to a Surface ...

Giving Thickness to a Surface ...

Giving Thickness to a Surface ...

(OP)
I have a surface body and i want give some thickness to this on both sides so that the existing suface forms the midplane/mid section) of the resulting solid part. How can is do this in solidworks?

Also when I try to look at the section view of my surface part, solidworks reverts back the view to full when i click the check mark of Section View. It works with Solid parts though. Is it not possible to look at the section view of surface bodies? OR is there something wrong with my installation? I am using SW06 (SP3.1)


thanks,
NodalDOF

RE: Giving Thickness to a Surface ...

Insert --> Feature --> Thicken

RE: Giving Thickness to a Surface ...

No, you cannot see a section of a surface, sine the surface technically has no thickness, and therefore nothing to view in a section view (except a line).

If you thicken, make sure the option to thicken both directions is selected (three options--thicken inside, thicken outside, thicken mid-way or both directions).

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all.  And awe trumps reason.

RE: Giving Thickness to a Surface ...

(OP)
Tick,

Thank you for the reply. That worked. In SW2006 its

Insert->Boss/Base->Thicken

Thanks
NodalDOF

RE: Giving Thickness to a Surface ...

(OP)
Jeff,

  Thanks for the confirmation. anyway i got the section view by giving negligible thickness (Just for presentation).

Thanks
NodalDOF

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