Hollow

 

 

 

This command removes a full hollow shape and thus to obtain a hollow shape with a thickness.

 

Creation Stages / Use:

 

Select the Shape > Other Operations > Hollow... command from the drop-down menu.

 

  1. Select the solid shape to hollow.

  2. Provide the thickness of the hollowed shape.

  3. The yellow arrow indicates the hollow side. The side can be reversed by double-clicking the arrow or by checking Reverse.

  4. Select faces to remove if need be.

  5. Validate the command with the button

 

Available Options:

 

 

This option allows you to define the thickness of the hollowed shape.

The Invert check box allows you to create the thickness towards the exterior of the initial part.

 

 

This option allows you to select the faces of the shape that will be removed before hollowing the shape.

Thus, an opening is obtained in place of the faces selected here.

The faces can be removed from the list by selecting them again on the shape.

 

 

With this option, you can select faces to assign a specific thickness to them.

 

Initial solid shape  

Hollowed shape

The green face is the face on which a special thickness is defined.

The orange face is the removed face.

 

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