Shell Tool Guides and Options

Shell Tool Guides

The following tool guides help step you through the process. Use the Tab key to cycle through them. As soon as the tool guide switches, the cursor may change to reflect the active guide.


Select Solid or Faceted Body	The Select Solid or Faceted Body tool guide is active by default. It allows you to select solid or faceted bodies to shell.
Select Solid or Faceted Body	The Select Solid or Faceted Body tool guide allows you to select geometry or facets to be removed when shelling.
Complete	The Complete tool guide completes the shell.

Shell Tool Options

The following options are available:


Inside	Remove material inside and leave a thin wall to the inside of the original body.
Outside	Remove material inside and leave a thin wall to the outside of the original body.
Thickness	Enter a value for the shell thickness in model units.
Keep original bodies	Create a new shelled faceted body and retain the original body.
Infill Type	Choose the type of infill structure to be created for adding strength to the shelled body when it is 3D printed.
Use density attributes	Allows you to create variable Lattice Infills that distribute material based on the Density Attributes from lattice optimization workflows in . More material is concentrated in regions of high density and less material is in low density regions. Note: This option is only available when the model contains Density Attributes from .

The Zoom Legend appears at the lower-right of the screen. If the zoom legend is on before entering this tool or is turned on while using this tool, it will remain on when exiting the tool.