About the Shell User Interface
The
Shell tab consists of commands, tabs, and shortcut menus. Click
Model >
Shell to open the
Shell tab.
Commands
• Thickness box—Sets the value for default shell thickness.
◦ 
—Flips the direction of the Shell feature.
Tabs
• References
◦ Removed surfaces—Displays the surfaces to remove. If you do not select any surfaces, a "closed" shell is created, with the whole inside of the part hollowed out and no access to the hollow.
◦ Non-default thickness—Displays surfaces to which to assign a different thickness. For each surface included in this collector, you can specify an individual thickness value.
• Options
◦ Excluded surfaces—Displays one or more surfaces to exclude from the shell. If you do not select any surface to exclude, the entire part is shelled.
▪ Details—Opens the Surface Sets dialog box to add or remove surfaces.
|  You cannot select quilt surfaces when you access the Surface Sets dialog box through the Shell user interface. |
◦ Extend inner surfaces—Forms a cover over the inner surfaces of the shell feature.
◦ Extend excluded surfaces—Forms a cover over the excluded surfaces of the shell feature.
◦ Concave corners—Prevents the shell from cutting through the solid at concave corners.
◦ Convex corners—Prevents the shell from cutting through the solid at convex corners.
• Properties
◦ Name box—Sets a name for a feature.
◦ 
—Displays detailed component information in a browser.
Shortcut Menus
Right-click the graphics window to access shortcut menu commands.
• Remove Surfaces—Activates the Removed surfaces collector.
• Non Default Thickness—Activates the Non-default thickness collector.
• Exclude Surfaces—Activates the Excluded surfaces collector.
• Clear—Clears the active collector.
• Flip—Flips the shell side.
Right-click the handle or value connected to the O_THICK label to access shortcut menu commands.
• Flip—Flips the shell side.
Right-click the handle or value connected to a THICK label to access shortcut menu commands.
• Remove—Removes the current surface from the Non-default thickness collector.
Right-click the Individual Surfaces label to access shortcut menu commands.
• Remove Set—Removes the selected surface or surfaces from the Excluded surfaces collector.
• Solid Surfaces—Constructs the surface set and adds all solid surfaces to the set.
Right-click the Seed and Boundary Surfaces label to access shortcut menu commands.
• Activate Set—Activates the selected set for adding or removing surfaces from the set.
• Remove Set—Removes the seed and boundary surface set from the Excluded surfaces collector.