Creating Thicknesses

You can add thickness to a 3D shape or use thickness as a local modifier on a 3D Shape.

Sometimes, some thicknesses have to be added or removed before machining the part.

Before you begin:

To perform this task, create a pad.

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  1. Click Thickness in the Dress-Up Features toolbar.

    The Thickness Definition dialog box appears.

    Important:

    In the Functional Modeling Part workbench, click Thickness, Local Modifier in the Dressup & Modifiers toolbar (Transformation Modifiers sub-toolbar). The Thickness Definition dialog box appears as shown:



  2. Select the faces to thicken, i.e. both faces as shown:



  3. The faces become red and the application displays the thickness value in the geometry.



  4. In the Default thickness box, enter 15 mm.



    Note:

    • A positive thickness value will add material to the feature whereas a negative one will remove material.
    • In Functional Modeling Part workbench, if you extract, for example, a feature where a thickness as a local modifier is performed, this thickness will also be extracted with the feature. For more information about local modifiers, see Functional Modeling Part user's guide: Creating Dress-up and Modifier Feature.

  5. Click OK.

    The 3D shape is thickened accordingly. This creation appears in the specification tree.



  6. Double-click the thickness to edit it.

  7. In the Other thickness faces box, select the lateral face as shown.



  8. Double-click the thickness value displayed on this face.

  9. In the dialog box that appears, enter 25mm.

  10. Click OK to confirm and close the dialog box.

  11. Click More (only in the Part Design workbench) to access the deviation parameters



  12. Select the Smoothing mode among these three types:


    • None: No smoothing is applied. This is the default option. The Max deviation box is unavailable.

    • Manual: Allows you to enter a maximum deviation. The default value is 0.1 mm.

    • Automatic: Smoothing is applied automatically.

  13. Click OK to close the Thickness Definition dialog box and create the thickness feature.

    The length between the selected face and the resulting face is 25mm.