Creating a shell
You can create a shell as connected offset patches and selected original patches. Sheet metal parts can be created initially as shells. See Offset Patches – Thick Shells. In this example, the patches for offset are selected by the option “All except detected”. Otherwise, you have to click each patch separately.
Creating a solid as a shell pattern
Selecting patches
Shell thickness definition
Result
Editing a shell
You can edit either the shell thickness or the shape of the shell pattern solid. In this example, thickness is edited separately.
Selecting a shell for thickness change
Selecting fillets of the shell to be changed
Changing dimensions of the box creating base of the shell pattern
Changed shell
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