Separating solids

Shelling solids

Cleaning solids

You can create a shell or a hollow thin wall from your 3D solid entity. progeCAD offsets existing faces to create new faces.

To shell a solid

1 Do one of the following to choose Shell ():

On the ribbon, choose Draw 3D > Shell (in Solids Editing).

On the menu, choose Modify > Solids Editing > Shell.

On the Solids Editing toolbar, click the Shell tool.

2 Select the entity you want to shell.

3 Remove any faces you dont want to include.

4 Specify an offset distance.


Select the entity, and then select faces to remove (A) and (B), then specify an offset distance.		The resulting shelled entity.