More about Pulling a Body

The Pull capability enables you to use bodies as tools to deform the shell by pulling into it. If needed, the capability also lets you add clearances to some faces.

You can use this capability to take into account in the designed part the space that will be occupied by another part in the same mechanism. The space created by the pull feature is a protected volume.

The following are discussed:

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Pulling a Body to Deform a Shell

Walls

The walls produced by the pull feature are defined by one of the two options available from the Type drop down list:


  • Use body thickness: The pull wall thickness is that of the active shelled body thickness.
  • Enter thickness: Enter the value you want. After this option is selected, the value box becomes available. Wall thickness values can only by positive values.

The Constant wall thickness option gets the final required shape with less fillets, giving them a 3D shape that is more stable through modifications and also faster to build.

Other Clearance Faces

The clearance is the protected volume around the tool body that separates it from the solid functional set.

The Advanced tab of the Pull dialog box provide options to:

  • Define clearances between specific faces and the solid functional set. To do so, select the face of interest and then enter a distance value.
  • Apply the same clearance to other faces. To do so, select the faces of interest and select Apply distance to all selected faces check box.