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llam1-Visitor
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September 25, 2008
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section thicken ??

  • September 25, 2008
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It probably is right in front of my face, but I don't see it
Where did section thicken go ?

I'm on wildfire 3.0 M110

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    JeffTaylor1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    September 25, 2008
    Hi Liek,

    See the attached picture.

    Regards

    Jeff
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    llam1-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    September 25, 2008
    I received two replies pointing me to
    Edit Thicken and the option on the dashboard during thin feature
    creation.

    What I'm looking for is shown in attached picture.
    There used to be an option right inside the sketcher where you could
    offset the sketch (thicken)
    This would then result in an offset dashed line that could be used as
    dimension reference
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    ptc-7261111-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    September 25, 2008
    Liam,



    The image you sent is similar to the sheet metal sketch in a flange feature
    creation. This MCAD post
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    ptc-7261111-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    September 25, 2008
    Like,



    Attached is an example of using sketch thicken (in sketch mode) when
    creating a sheet metal flange. I tried to thicken a stand-alone sketch, but
    this option was not available.


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    dgschaefer21-Topaz II
    21-Topaz II
    September 25, 2008
    I found it in the 'Feature Tools' section of the Sketch menu while
    creating a flange wall in sheet metal. However, 'Feature Tools' is
    grayed out during creation of a solid thin.

    This is WF2, maybe WF3 or WF4 is different.

    Doug Schaefer
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    Anonymous
    September 25, 2008
    Lam,

    Thicken option is available only in Sheetmetal mode. Seems that you are working in part mode.

    -Parag Pendharkar

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    yingvms1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    September 25, 2008
    Liek,

    I think this is what you are looking for. SKETCH -> FEATURE TOOL ->
    THICKEN





    Calvin






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    ehill1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    September 25, 2008
    Liek,



    In Wildfire, this option was removed from thin features in solid models,
    and is only available in sheetmetal mode now. Not sure if this was
    intentional or an oversight, but either way was a bad move with no good
    reason behind it as far as I can tell.



    Best Regards,
    S
    scserep1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    September 25, 2008
    All,

    The option was removed from the sketcher interface.

    You can still thicken a line entity though in the solid extrude. It is not just available in Sheetmetal.

    The "thicken" function is in the dashboard.

    Sketch a thin entity in the sketcher, accept it, then the toggle for the thicken is to the right of the "remove material" toggle. It looks like a "C".

    When you toggle the thicken, another width pane becomes available.

    Hope this helps.
    >>> "Eric Hill" <-> 9/25/2008 9:49 AM >>>
    Liek,



    In Wildfire, this option was removed from thin features in solid models,
    and is only available in sheetmetal mode now. Not sure if this was
    intentional or an oversight, but either way was a bad move with no good
    reason behind it as far as I can tell.



    Best Regards,
    D
    dgschaefer21-Topaz II
    21-Topaz II
    September 25, 2008
    Scott,

    The sketcher functionality is different than the actual thin feature.
    In the past, when creating a thin feature, you could show the other side
    of the thin in the sketch.  Those dashed entities could then be used for
    constraints and dimensions, allowing you to use both side of the thin to
    capture your design intent within the sketch.  Very handy, but now gone.

    Doug Schaefer
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