Thicken

This command applies a thickness to a surface shape.

Creation stages / Use:

Click the icon or select the Shape > Other Operations > Thicken... command from the drop-down menu.

Select the surface shape to modify.
Enter the first thickness to apply.
Validate the command with the button.

Available Options:

Center:

By clicking this option, the thickness given is distributed equally on both sides of the surfacic shape.

This option allows you to use the "Enable the thickness side 2" option.

Invert:

By checking this option, the thickness changes its side.It is indicated by the yellow arrow. You can also change the side by double clicking on the arrow.

Enable the thickness side 2:

This option allows you to provide a second thickness in order to define the thickening value on both sides of the surface shape.

By clicking on the different elements of the handle, you can act on the options of the function:

1 On the point: Enables or disables the second side.

2 On the arrow: Reverses the thickening direction

Special Faces:

With this option, you can select faces in order to assign specific values to them for the thickness of each side of the initial surface.

Initial surface	Thickened shape

The orange face is the face on which the special thickness is defined.

Additional information: