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\page create_thickness_page Thickness Construction
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To add \b Thickness to a shape in the <b>Main Menu</b> select <b>New Entity - > Generation - > Thickness</b>.
Switch between adding thickness to a Face (Shell) or a Solid using radio buttons.
Firstly, \b Thickness can be applied to a Face or a Shell to create a Solid.
\image html thickness.png
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It is necessary to define an \b Object (Face or Shell) and the value of \b Thickness.
<b>Thicken towards the inside</b> check box allows changing the thickness direction.
<b>Example:</b>
\image html thickness_result.png "Thickness of Shell"
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Secondly, the \b Thickness can be applied to a Solid to create a hollowed Solid.
\image html thicksolid.png
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It is necessary to define a Solid \b Object \b Faces to be removed from the result and \b Thickness.
<b>Thicken towards the inside</b> check box allows changing the thickness direction.
<b>Example:</b>
\image html thicksolid_result.png "Thickness of Solid"
\n <b>TUI Commands:</b>
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<em>geompy.MakeThickSolid(theShape, theThickness, theFacesIDs=[])</em> -
Makes a thick solid from a shape;
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<em>geompy.Thicken(theShape, theThickness, theFacesIDs=[])</em> -
Modifies a shape to make it a thick solid.
<b>Arguments:</b> Name + 1 shape (face, shell or solid) + thickness +
the list of face IDs.
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\n If the shape is a face or a shell the list of face IDs is not used.
The thickness can be positive or negative for thickening towards the inside.
\n\n <b>Advanced options</b> \ref preview_anchor "Preview"
Our <b>TUI Scripts</b> provide you with useful examples of creation of
\ref tui_creation_thickness "Complex Geometric Objects".
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