How do I thicken this entire model evenly?

[Anonymous]

To begin, I'm fairly new to Fusion 360 and 3D modeling in general. I need to thicken this entire model to the inside in a way that it retains it's outer dimensions but can be 3D printed in 3 or 4 parts. I've tried the thicken and shell commands, but they don't seem to work on this file I have.

I'll upload the file so you guys can take a look.

Thanks in advance,

Nic

[jhackney1972]

You will not be able to get this to work UNLESS you break down the model into sections.  There are a lot a surfaces that form tight areas, where they intersect, that have no room to "thicken" when you use the Thicken command.  If you do break it down, you can thicken sections and then put it back together.  Good Luck.

[TrippyLighting]

And even if you do break it down into sections, then some of these still won't thicken.

Some of the surfaces look quite pinched, possibly the result of triangles in T-Splines or lofting into a point.