What does the Shell feature do in CAD?

What does the Shell feature do?

The Shell feature hollows out the inside of the solid, leaving a shell of a specified wall thickness. It lets you specify a surface or surfaces that you want to remove from the shell.

What does the shell tool in Inventor do?

The Shell feature removes material from a part interior, creating a hollow cavity with walls of a specified thickness. Selected faces can be removed to form a shell opening.

How do you shell a sketch in Solidworks?

The Solidworks shell tool is located in both features commandmanager and Insert menubar.

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How to Use Solidworks Shell Tool

1. Step 1: Create New Part File. Open Solidworks CAD software and create new part file. …
2. Step 2: Create Rectangle Box. …
3. Step 3: Select SolidWorks Shell Tool. …
4. Step 4: Apply Solidworks Shell Tool.

What does Shell in Solidworks do?

The shell tool hollows out a part, leaves open the faces you select, and creates thin-walled features on the remaining faces. If you do not select any face on the model, you can shell a solid part, creating a closed, hollow model. You can also shell a model using multiple thicknesses.

What is a shell extrusion?

An extruded shell feature with draft and one with twist. You define the draft angle for an extrusion with draft or the center of twist and the pitch (the extrusion distance in which a 360° twist occurs) for an extrusion with twist. Select ShapeShellExtrude from the main menu bar to create this type of feature.

How do you shell part of an object in Solidworks?

Shell with Uniform Thickness

1. Set Thickness to set the thickness of the faces you keep.
2. Select one or more faces in the graphics area for Faces to remove . …
3. Select Shell outward to increase the outside dimensions of the part.
4. Select Show preview to display a preview of the shell feature.

What are applied features in Solidworks?

Applied features such as chamfers, fillets, and shells are applied directly to the model.