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CamiloParraPala1-Visitor
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March 15, 2011
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Thicken for style surfaces

  • March 15, 2011
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I don´t know if someone else have this problem. Working with ISDX or style feature sometimes including with 4 sided surface i have problem tos make

even small thickness. There are additional ways to make solid?

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VladimirPalffy14-Alexandrite
14-Alexandrite
March 18, 2011

Hello Camilo

Yes of course, you can use a offset feature for sheetmetal part (Insert > Sheetmetal Wall > Unattached > Offset...).

The first offset value set "0" and then set thicken for your surface.

Vladimir

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CamiloParraPala1-VisitorAuthor
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March 19, 2011

Thanks Vladimir,

I tried that but a new problem appear in the message box that said: " Radius of curvature of bend or form must be > thickness.", i tried with 0.2mm didn´t work and that i need is 4mm, probally i have a complex geometry here so what i need to correct?.

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Anonymous
March 21, 2011

Hi Camillo,

this is hard to say without seeing the geometry.

Causes could be too large curvature (=too small radius) or things like degenerated points (any three sided surfs?)...

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CamiloParraPala1-VisitorAuthor
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March 21, 2011

Look my geometry trying to make a thicken, i need 4mm and only the central surface let me this. In the quilt the 3 surfaces are 4 sided.

quilt.jpg

With the offset analysis I could see problems at the ends. The problem is that i can´t change the form too much.

Thanks

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Albatros1-Visitor
1-Visitor
March 22, 2011

If you can't change the geometry, the only way out would be to create a solid by adding more surfaces, that is making a enclosed volume by closing your quilt will additional surfaces, merging them and turning to solid. For example your current quilt will be the top surface, then manually create surfaces on bottom, front, sides by creating a closed volume. Then Merge all the Quilts--and Solidify.

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CamiloParraPala1-VisitorAuthor
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March 23, 2011

Albatros i do it and works like sollid, but that give me a variable thicken form 1mm to 4mm on some areas because the surfaces have many no perpendicular direction to the views.

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