About the Thicken Sketch Command
Use the
Thicken Sketch command to create a thickened solid by applying a specified thickness to the section outline.
Thicken Sketch is useful when you create simple features with a uniform thickness.
Consider these rules for adding a thickness:
• You can apply the thickness value to either side of the sketch or to both sides.
• For the thickness dimension, you can specify only a positive value.
| You cannot include text in a section sketch. |
For some types of thickened features, the
Cap with model geometry option can be used to specify how to cap and attach a thickened feature to the model. It is available under the following conditions:
• Extrude or Revolve feature
• Thicken Sketch is selected.
• The sketch is an open sketch.
• One or both sketch end points intersect the model solid geometry.
• The system detects at least one surface that can be used to cap and attach the Extrude or Revolve feature to the model.