Pulling a Body to Deform a Shell

You can use bodies as tools to deform the shell by pulling into it.

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More about Pulling a Body
Creating Functional Features

  1. Click Pull in the Basic Features toolbar (Body Modifiers sub-toolbar).

    The Pull dialog box is displayed.



  2. Select Body.2 as the pulling body.



    Tip: In case you want to remove:
    • A face from the selection: Select the face from the geometry.
    • All selected faces: Use the Clear Selections contextual command available from the Faces box.

  3. If you want to define a clearance, enter the value of your choice in the Clearance box. For example, enter 2mm. The clearance is the protected volume around Body.2 that separates it from Solid Functional Set.1.



  4. The walls produced by the Pull feature are defined by one of the two options available from the Type drop down list. For the purpose of our scenario, select Enter thickness.

  5. Enter 3mm in the Thickness value box. Wall thickness values can only by positive values.



  6. Click OK to confirm and create the pull.

    Pull.X is added to the specification tree in the Solid Functional Set.X node.

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