Add thickness to face

Add or removes volume from parts, or add thickness to surfaces to create parts or solid bodies.

1. On the ribbon, click 3D Model tab Modify panel Thicken/Offset .
2. In Select mode, the default is Face. It specifies that only individual faces can be selected with each click. Use Quilt to select a group of connected faces with one click.
3. In Output, click Solid.
4. Use Select to choose the participating faces or surfaces. To select tangent continuous faces, on the More tab, select Automatic Face Chain.
5. If there is more than one solid body in the file, to select the participating body, use Solids.
6. Optionally, change how approximate thicken solutions are computed.
   • To prevent approximate offsets, clear the Allow approximation checkbox.
   • To specify where to distribute the deviation, select from the drop-down list.
   • To specify the accuracy of the computation, click the appropriate option. If Specify tolerance is selected, enter a tolerance.
7. On the Thicken/Offset tab, click Select, and then click the faces to thicken.
8. Specify the thickness.

   If necessary, on the drop-down list, use Measure, Show dimensions, or select a recently used value.

9. Specify Join, Cut, or Intersect operation for a thicken feature. Optionally, select New solid to create a solid body with the specified thickness.
10. Set the direction of the thickness, and then click OK.
11. If an approximation is used, click OK in the message box to accept the results, or Edit to return to the Thicken/Offset More tab.

Note: To select individual faces to thicken, on the More tab, clear the Automatic Face Chain checkbox.