Using the Thicken tool in Onshape

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) with Onshape

🕑 This lesson will take about 6 minutes

This lesson introduces the Thicken tool in Onshape which can be used to take a surface in an open shape and thicken it. The thicken tool is useful for shapes (such as curved shapes like the one in the example below) because you can easily achieve a consistent thickness automatically, which can be more difficult and time-consuming if you were only using the Extrude tool.

Example of a model created using the Thicken tool.

You can also use the Thicken tool to remove sections which will create two parts.

Watch the video below to learn how to use the Thicken tool.

Is YouTube blocked at your school? You can also watch the video here.

Next lesson: Using the Draft tool