3 \page create_thickness_page Thickness Construction
5 To add \b Thickness to a shape in the <b>Main Menu</b> select <b>New Entity - > Generation - > Thickness</b>.
7 Switch between adding thickness to a Face (Shell) or a Solid using radio buttons.
9 Firstly, \b Thickness can be applied to a Face or a Shell to create a Solid.
11 \image html thickness.png
13 It is necessary to define an \b Object (Face or Shell) and the value of \b Thickness.
14 <b>Thicken towards the inside</b> check box allows changing the thickness direction.
18 \image html thickness_result.png "Thickness of Shell"
20 Secondly, the \b Thickness can be applied to a Solid to create a hollowed Solid.
22 \image html thicksolid.png
24 It is necessary to define a Solid \b Object \b Faces to be removed from the result and \b Thickness.
25 <b>Thicken towards the inside</b> check box allows changing the thickness direction.
29 \image html thicksolid_result.png "Thickness of Solid"
31 \n <b>TUI Commands:</b>
33 <em>geompy.MakeThickSolid(theShape, theThickness, theFacesIDs=[])</em> -
34 Makes a thick solid from a shape;
36 <em>geompy.Thicken(theShape, theThickness, theFacesIDs=[])</em> -
37 Modifies a shape to make it a thick solid.
39 <b>Arguments:</b> Name + 1 shape (face, shell or solid) + thickness +
41 \n If the shape is a face or a shell the list of face IDs is not used.
42 The thickness can be positive or negative for thickening towards the inside.
43 \n\n <b>Advanced options</b> \ref preview_anchor "Preview"
45 Our <b>TUI Scripts</b> provide you with useful examples of creation of
46 \ref tui_creation_thickness "Complex Geometric Objects".