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    Shelling hollows out solid geometry by removing faces and applying a constant thickness to the remaining faces. It is recommended to avoid shells with multiple thickness values as they can be difficult to distinguish, especially on large parts or when the bottom face has a different thickness. The order of features is also important, as shelling hollows all solid features, so any features that should not be shelled must be created after the shell operation. Thin features are created by applying a constant thickness to a profile, and pads, pockets, shafts and grooves can all be defined as thin features using the pad definition dialog box to specify properties like thickness applied to one or both sides of the profile.

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    Shelling hollows out solid geometry by removing faces and applying a constant thickness to the remaining faces. It is recommended to avoid shells with multiple thickness values as they can be difficult to distinguish, especially on large parts or when the bottom face has a different thickness. The order of features is also important, as shelling hollows all solid features, so any features that should not be shelled must be created after the shell operation. Thin features are created by applying a constant thickness to a profile, and pads, pockets, shafts and grooves can all be defined as thin features using the pad definition dialog box to specify properties like thickness applied to one or both sides of the profile.

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    Shell & Thin

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    Shelling hollows out solid geometry by removing faces and applying a constant thickness to the remaining faces. It is recommended to avoid shells with multiple thickness values as they can be difficult to distinguish, especially on large parts or when the bottom face has a different thickness. The order of features is also important, as shelling hollows all solid features, so any features that should not be shelled must be created after the shell operation. Thin features are created by applying a constant thickness to a profile, and pads, pockets, shafts and grooves can all be defined as thin features using the pad definition dialog box to specify properties like thickness applied to one or both sides of the profile.

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    CATIA V5 Part Design - Shell &Thin

    Shelling
    Shelling a feature hollows out solid geometry. Shelling operation
    removes one or more faces from the solid and applies a
    constant thickness to the remaining faces. Different thickness can
    be applyed to the selected faces.

    Faces to be removed

    Shell
    CATIA V5 Part Design - Shell &Thin

    Avoid Shell with Multiple Thickness

    It is recommended to avoid using shells


    having multiple thickness value.
    It is not easy to distinguish the shell 1
    thickness:
    1. The part is large and the shell
    thickness values are small.
    2. If the bottom face is assigned
    another thickness value, it is not
    possible to distinguish it unless the
    hidden lines are displayed.
    2
    CATIA V5 Part Design - Shell &Thin

    Importance of Feature Order


    It is important to consider the feature
    order. The Shell operation hollows all
    solid features in a model. If you do not
    want a feature to be shelled, it must be
    created after the shell operation.
    CATIA V5 Part Design - Shell &Thin

    Thin Features
    A thin feature is created by applying a
    constant thickness to a profile. Pads,
    pockets, shafts, and grooves can all
    be created as a thin feature.
    Use the Pad Definition dialog box to
    define its properties:
    • Thin feature can be created with a
    closed or open profile.
    • Thickness can be applied to one
    side or both sides of the profile.

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