In the Design workspace, on the Mesh tab, select Modify > Shell . The Shell dialog displays. In the canvas, select a mesh body.

Click Design > Solid > Modify > Shell . The Shell dialog displays. Select a shell Type: Sharp Offset: Creates sharp offset corners.

For exact shelling of a closed T-Spline, convert it to a solid and use Shell in the Design workspace, Solid tab.

Selecting the face of a body shell removes that face and shells the inside.

Tips The Parting Line Split tool works best on shelled bodies.

Click OK to complete the operation and close the Shell dialog. Note: Now that you have created the shell , you can include the rest of the features in the timeline.

In the dialog, select a separation Type: Mesh Shells : Separates all mesh shells into independent bodies.

You can create a hollow solid body, or remove faces to form an opening. When you shell a body, a Shell feature appears in the Timeline.

You can create setting presets in the following tools: Extrude Rib Web Boss Snap Fit Emboss Thicken Shell Draft

Tips Assign plastic rules prior to adding parametric features like Shell or Thicken to ensure those features inherit settings and parameters from the plastic rule.

You used the Combine tool to join and cut bodies. You used the Shell tool to hollow out a solid body.

Opacity: Adjust the opacity of the mesh body to investigate issues more easily. Small Shell Threshold: Specify the maximum size of small shells to repair.

Select Modify > Shell on the toolbar. The Shell dialog displays with Faces/Body set to Select.

One of the most common errors occur when using the Shell feature. In the example below, you can see a Fillet was added after the Shell feature resulting in losing the solid edge.

Other Desktop Connector acts as a Windows Shell Namespace Extension, and therefore certain member workflows that attempt to directly access the underlying file system in a Desktop Connector workspace are unsupported.