3 Replies Latest reply on Sep 30, 2015 12:09 PM by Josh Smith

I can't thicken past 2.7mm

Josh Smith Sep 29, 2015 1:34 PM

This is the basic shape of an air intake measured up to fit a custom motorcycle. Unfortunately I cant figure out any way to thicken the surface past 2.7mm. It needs to be at least 5mm.

Air Intake Framework w Fillets.SLDPRT.zip 3.4 MB

Re: I can't thicken past 2.7mm

Bill Beam Sep 29, 2015 1:45 PM (in response to Josh Smith)

My guess would be that you are wiping out some of the smaller radii when you try to go past 2.7mm
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Re: I can't thicken past 2.7mm

Bob Van Dick Sep 29, 2015 2:06 PM (in response to Josh Smith)

Josh,

I think Bill is correct. If you suppress all the fillets and change the direction of the thickening, it will thicken.....
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  Josh Smith Sep 30, 2015 12:09 PM (in response to Bob Van Dick)
  
  Thanks, that suggestion did just the trick, allowed me to thicken to 6.2mm! I guess I'll have to rework the whole surface model for an inward thicken vs the outward thicken that I'd planned on. Could anybody explain basically what Solidworks can thicken and what it cant thicken? I'm new at this, trying to gain a good understanding of the program.
  
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