Thicken Tool

[server]

Hello,

I have some surfaces created by the boundary blend tool. I merged them by the Merge Tool and now I want to thicken them.

But when I click Edit, the Thicken-button is not activated....

So what do I have to do to activate the thicken button?

Do I have to use any other tool before that?



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Thank you for your replies!

Best Regards,
Hermann from Austria / Europe

 

[SW]

Have you selected the surface first?

Sam

 

[server]

Yes I did.....

I think I`m doing something wrong but I don`t know what.....

When I create any surface by the boundary blend tool, it doesn`t work too....

 

[server]

Well, Thicken only works in parts, not in assemblies...

That was my mistake.

 

[dgs]

You have to select the quilt, not the feature or an individual surface.

To do so, you can set your 'Smart Filter' (in the lower right corner of the Pro|E window) to Quilts.

If you leave it on 'smart', Pro|E will first highlight features. Select one that's a part of the quilt, like the boundary blend. Once a feature is selected, then it will highlight feature entities, like individual surfaces or edges. It takes some RMB clicking to highlight the quilt. You may need to select a feature surface entity first.

IOne you ahve the quilt selected, thicken should be available.

So, highlight a feature, select it. Move the mouse to highlight a feature surface entity, select it. Move the mouse and RMB to toggle through the available items until the entire quilt highlights, select it.

Or jsut set the filter to quilts.

 

[design-engine]

seldom does one use thicken a production model.