Changing solids

Fillet F
Rounds the edges of a solid.
  1. Click Fillet.
  2. Click the edges to fillet.
  3. Type the Radius.
  4. Press OK.
Chamfer B
Bevels the edges of a solid.
  1. Click Chamfer.
  2. Click the edges to chamfer.
  3. Type the Distance.
  4. Press OK.
Shell
Hollows a solid out, leaving a wall. This is how a box or a cup is made from a block.
  1. Click Shell.
  2. Click the faces that should be open.
  3. Type the Wall thickness.
  4. Press OK.
Split
Cuts a body in two.
  1. Open Modify and click Split.
  2. Click the splitting tool: a flat face or a plane.
  3. Press OK.
Offset moves the cut away from the face or plane you clicked.
Press Pull Q
One tool for a quick change: click a face to offset it, an edge to fillet it, or a sketch profile to extrude it.
  1. Open Modify and click Press Pull.
  2. Click a face, an edge or a sketch profile.
  3. Type the size, or drag the arrow.
  4. Press OK.
Offset Face
Moves a face out or in, making the part thicker or thinner there.
  1. Open Modify and click Offset Face.
  2. Click the faces to move.
  3. Type the Distance. A minus number moves the face inward.
  4. Press OK.
Delete Face
Takes faces off a body, such as a hole, a fillet or a boss, and closes the part over where they were.
  1. Open Modify and click Delete Face.
  2. Click the faces to delete.
  3. Press OK.
Draft
Tilts walls by an angle from a flat face, so a part comes out of a mould or prints without an overhang.
  1. Open Modify and click Draft.
  2. Click the flat face the walls tilt from. It stays where it is.
  3. Click the faces to draft.
  4. Type the Angle. Tick Flip direction to tilt them the other way.
  5. Press OK.
Scale
Makes a whole body bigger or smaller.
  1. Open Modify and click Scale.
  2. Click the body.
  3. Type the Scale factor: 2 doubles it, 0.5 halves it.
  4. Press OK.

For printing

Side down
Says which side of the part goes on the printer's bed. Holes and the bed edge chamfer are shaped for it.
  1. Open Modify and click Side down.
  2. Click the flat face that goes on the bed, or choose As drawn.
  3. Press OK.
Bed edge chamfer
Bevels the edges that sit on the bed by 0.5 mm, so the first layer does not spread out past them (elephant's foot).
  1. Open Modify and click Bed edge chamfer. The edges on the side that is down are bevelled at once.
  2. It is a Chamfer step: open it from the timeline to change the size.

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