Thicken/Offset and select all faces

jay.davey · ‎08-28-2009

Hello Inventor Gurus,

How can I thicken/offset an entire part without having to select all the faces individually? The 'chain select' option is not good enough for selecting all faces/surfaces that meet and form an edge with no fillet.

Is there still no way of doing this in 2012?

Cheers,

Jay

cwhetten · ‎09-03-2008

Can you post your part?

jay.davey · ‎08-28-2009

Here is an example part.

Cheers,

Jay

JDMather · ‎04-20-2006

A little less work than selecting all the faces.

No selection for shell outward.

Delete a couple of faces.

Patch outer face.

Sculpt.

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jay.davey · ‎08-28-2009

Works good enough for what I need. Thank you.

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