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  1. #1
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    Exclamation Create Thickness

    Hi


    I imported a IGS file but the part is composed with just surfaces and i wanted to know how i create thickness because when i create the toolpaths all the walls desappears.


    Tks

  2. #2
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    You can not make them thicker as they are surfaces now if you turn them into Sheet solids then you can thicken them. but I do not think this is the problem I would look at your programming method's.
    (Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are not necessarily those of CNCzone and its management)
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