Shell

Hollows a solid into a wall of the given thickness. By default the wall grows inward, so the outer surface stays where it is.

Inputs

Input Solid

The solid to hollow out.

Takes: any block that gives Solid (102 blocks)
Thickness Number

Wall thickness in mm. Wire a field for a wall whose thickness varies.

Takes: any block that gives Number (102 blocks)
Direction Choice

Where the wall sits: Inward keeps the outer surface, Outward keeps the inner surface, Center puts half on each side.

Min cavity width Number

Fills the hollow wherever it is narrower than this width, in mm, and rounds its inside corners by half of it: only the places a ball of this width can reach stay hollow. Where two hollow parts come close, a neck narrower than the width or thin material can remain between them; Solid to CAD Body names such places. 0 leaves the hollow exactly as the thickness makes it.

Output

Solid

Used by: any block that takes Solid (95 blocks)

Properties

Values the block gives besides its output. The editor lists them under Properties, and an input can read one by reference.

BoundingBox Bounding Box

The axis-aligned extent of the Solid.

ScalarField Number

The Solid's signed distance, as a field.

Inverted Solid

The Solid turned inside out: what was inside is now outside.

In the demos

What implicit modeling is

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