Creating a Shellable Feature

You can create a shellable prism. It is very often used to create the main shape of the part.

See Also
Creating Basic Features
About Basic Features
Setting Shell Properties
Using the Display Only Parents Option to Retrieve a Creation Context
  1. From the Create section of the action bar, click Shellable Feature .

    A feature can have one of the following shape definitions: Prism , Sweep , Revolve , Thick Surface , or External Shape . For more Information, see Working with Shape Definitions.

    Prism is selected as the default shape definition.
    Note: You can change the shape definition. The dialog box for the feature changes according to the options offered by the shape.
  2. Select the profile to be extruded.

    Tip: If no profile is defined, click Positioned Sketch to sketch the profile.



  3. Create a basic prism as explained in the Prism task.
  4. Optional: In the Draft tab,
    1. From the Draft behavior list, select Intrinsic to feature.
    2. Set profile plane as the neutral element and enter the required value to define the draft angle.
  5. Optional: In the Fillet tab,
    1. Select among the following check boxes and enter the required values, to fillet the corresponding edges:

      • Lateral radius to fillet lateral edges
      • First radius to fillet top edges
      • Second radius to fillet bottom edges

    2. Select the Fillet profile ends check box, to fillet the end faces of open sketches.
    3. Select the Draft fillets check box, to fillet the drafted edges.
    4. From the Type list under Intersection Fillet, select among the following, to create fillets at required intersections:

      • Intersection with Core/Cavity
      • Intersection with Core
      • Intersection with Cavity

    5. Select the Fillet radius check box to create fillet by adding material to the feature.
    6. Select the Round radius check box to create fillet by removing material from the feature.
    7. Select the Preserve shell thickness check box to maintain the thickness at fillets.
  6. Click OK.
    Shellable Prism.x is added to the tree in the Solid Functional Set.x node.

    By customizing the view (using Hidden edges points), you can notice that the prism is hollow . By default, the shellable feature has no opening.



  7. To edit the shellable feature, double-click the Shellable Prism.x node in the tree or click Shell Properties in the Object Properties panel.
  8. In the Shell Properties.x, select the required faces in Faces to remove box.
  9. Enter the required wall thickness in the Thickness box.
  10. Click OK.
    The selected faces are removed. The shell is edited.