Hello
I started with an imported surface to which I made some modifications. I sewed the piece to have only a surface body and from there I can't thicken it, an error message is displayed "Has not shifted the surface or the face could not be removed."
(Note: the imported surface cannot be thickened, the error message is "could not thicken the surface").
Is this a mistake from the imported surface or is there another way to thicken a surface?
Hello
Did you use the "Error Diagnostic" function during the import?
If so, have you corrected all the faces?
If not, use the "check" function in the menu to detect errors in the faces!
The thickening in function neither in the medial nor in the exter nor in the inter?
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Is it a geometry problem, if you try thickness in the other direction or with a smaller value it works?
I tried to thicken with a smaller value and in all directions, the same error message appears.
Otherwise I used the "Check" function, only the clearances in the area are spotted.
Hello
Can you drop the file so that we can better help you!
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I cannot send you the file at this time. It is subject to certain restrictions on the part of the customer.
OK!
A screenshot of the results of the "check" function will then help us!
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I'm thinking of something else, you try to thicken to 0.5mm but isn't there a radius in your surface that is much smaller and therefore prevents thickening?
If this is the case, first delete these "face deleted" spokes in connection mode!
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You can also try to make an offset surface, if it doesn't work either there is a good chance that it is a problem with a small radius
Yes, it sounds like a radius problem. Unfortunately, this is often the case when using the thicken function.
You would have to try to locate the mini radii on the part and remove the faces temporarily, then restart the thicken function.
By doing this, one can quickly locate the problem and rework the "failing" part of the surface.
Good luck in any case
If the fthomas solution (offset surface) works, even with a small or very small value, try to offset the surface several times until you get the offset value of 0.5mm
Then, remove all the polygon bodies between the two offset surfaces needed and use polygon features (as boundary surface) to create the "sides" and finally recreate a volume.
Mickael
I used the offset surface function as fthomas told me.
Thank you very much.