Editing surfaces

There is a command that is very useful when it comes to assigning thickness to surfaces.

The THICKEN command

The THICKEN command (no alias) allows us to apply a thickness to surfaces, thus creating a 3D solid. The command starts by prompting the surfaces to thicken:

Command: THICKEN
Select surfaces to thicken: Selection

We specify the thickness to be applied to all selected surfaces. It can be positive or negative:

Specify thickness <0.0000>: Value

Note

If, when applying the command, there are self-intersections of volume, the operation may fail. If it fails, we may try a negative value.