To mesh thin parts where features on top and bottom may vary slightly, you can do the
following:
- Generate a shell mesh on the top faces (ignoring or capturing features as
desired).
- Select the Pull tool from the
Edit group.
- Select the block face, or block faces to be extruded.
Note: You cannot
pull only some faces of a sheet blocking to solid blocking. A blocking must be
either entirely sheet blocks or entirely solid blocks, so when pulling sheets
to solids, make sure all sheets in the blocking are pulled.
- Leave Snap associated vertices enabled so that the
software can find the appropriate faces to associate the blocks to.
- Select the Up To tool guide and select the reference
face to pull up to. New mapped or swept block(s) are created.
Note: You only
need to select one face to pull up to. The software gets the pull distance from
the selected face. The extruded block faces are then associated to the nearest
geometry (so it can handle some deviation in thickness).