Thicken surface by varying amount
Thicken surface by varying amount
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I am modeling a wing skin which has the outer surface defined by loft data that I have a surface model for in NX. Some areas of the skin have a tapered thickness, ie, tapering linearly from say .180 thick at one point to .120 thick further outboard. What's the best way to model this? I am trying to use the "thicken" command and see that I can set the offset value to be the output of a formula. Can this formula include say an "x" coordinate, from which I could write an equation to vary the thickness based on the x value at that location in the model? If so, how can I do this?





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RE: Thicken surface by varying amount
John R. Baker, P.E.
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Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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RE: Thicken surface by varying amount