DIVIDING A PART TO SHELL ONLY CERTAIN SECTIONS

[toycept]

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.

 

[StefanHamminga]

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

 

[dezignstuff]

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.