3 \page create_thickness_page Thickness Construction
5 To add a \b Thickness to a shape in the <b>Main Menu</b> select <b>New Entity - > Generation - > Thickness</b>
7 It is possible to create a Solid from a Face or a Shell by applying a
8 \b Thickness. To do it you should define an \b Object that is a Face or a
9 Shell, \b Thickness and to define the thickness direction by means of
10 <b>Thicken towards the inside</b> check box.
12 \image html thickness.png
16 \image html thickness_result.png "Thickness of Shell"
18 It is possible to apply \b Thickness to a Solid. The result of this operation
19 is the hollowed Solid. To do it you should define an \b Object that is a Solid,
20 \b Faces to be removed from result, \b Thickness and the thickness direction by
21 means of <b>Thicken towards the inside</b> check box.
23 \image html thicksolid.png
27 \image html thicksolid_result.png "Thickness of Solid"
29 \n <b>TUI Commands:</b>
31 <em>geompy.MakeThickSolid(theShape, theThickness, theFacesIDs=[])</em> -
32 Makes a thick solid from a shape;
34 <em>geompy.Thicken(theShape, theThickness, theFacesIDs=[])</em> -
35 Modifies a shape to make it a thick solid.
37 <b>Arguments:</b> Name + 1 shape (face, shell or solid) + thickness +
39 \n If the shape is face or shell the list of face IDs is not used.
40 The thickness can be positive or negative for thicken towards the inside.
41 \n\n <b>Advanced options</b> \ref preview_anchor "Preview"
43 Our <b>TUI Scripts</b> provide you with useful examples of creation of
44 \ref tui_creation_thickness "Complex Geometric Objects".