Best way to create hollow objects with a thickness?

[Phileas]

I'd like to know the best way to create hollow objects (Say a cylinder or a cube or a sphere etc.), While still beeing able to give the faces of these volumes a certain thickness so I can apply hatches to them.

 

Anyone who can help me out?

[elepp]

Hi,

 

you could create a cylinder, duplicate it in place and scale it down. Afterwards you could subract the smaller from the bigger volume.

 

 

Edited April 2, 2019 by elepp

[Phileas]

@elepp Is there a command to scale down an object while keeping it's proportions? I have never found it...

[Benson Shaw]

3d Tool Set >Shell Tool?

 

Invoke the tool, adjust the thickness, click the desired surfaces, click the green checkmark.

 

-B

[elepp]

27 minutes ago, Phileas said:

Is there a command to scale down an object while keeping it's proportions? I have never found it...

Yeah, this trick really only shines with cubes. For a cylinder with equal wall thickness on all sites, i would go with the shell command as suggested by @Benson Shaw. Create one half of the cylinder ->  use shell command -> mirror half -> add solid. For a sphere the shell command works out of the box.

[Phileas]

@elepp Thanks man, worked perfectly fine!

[Benson Shaw]

No need to split the extrude. The Shell tool can work for this in one go. Trick is to highlight both ends of the extrude cylinder, but not the “side” surface. Then click the green check mark (or press Return).

 

If only one end highlighted, then the other end stays with the shell and makes it closed at that end. 

 

I know, late response. Sorry about that 

 

-B

 

Edited April 28, 2019 by Benson Shaw
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[Phileas]

@Benson Shaw Thanks man!