Shelling and Adding Infill Using Custom Shapes

You can also use Custom shapes for the Infill. In the examples below, the "X" shape will be used as a Custom Infill.

  1. Click the Shell tool.
  2. Set the Thicken direction to Inside.
  3. Set the Thickness of the shell wall.
  4. Choose whether or not to keep the original Faceted Body after it is shelled.
  5. Choose the Custom option.
  6. Select the Faceted Body to shell.
  7. Click the Select a Sketch tool guide.
  8. Select the sketched shape to use as the infill.
  9. Choose an Infill a Square Grid or Rectangular Grid pattern.
  10. Set the Sizing.
  11. Choose what to Fill (void between shapes or the shape itself).
  12. Click Complete.
    The Shell is added and a new Faceted Body is shown in the Structure Tree.

The images below show some examples.

The "X" shape in the lower left corner is chosen as the custom infill.

Scaled to fit is used with a larger dimension to create a larger space between shapes.

Fill Shape was chosen to fill the custom shape and leave a void between shapes.

The "X" shape in the lower left corner is chosen as the custom infill.

Scaled to fit is NOT used so the shape is applied as-is, which creates and a smaller space between shapes.

Fill Shape was chosen to fill the custom shape and leave a void between shapes.