Scale Element Thickness

Scale the thickness of elements in your model.

1. From the menu bar, click Mesh > Edit > Elements > Scale Thickness.
   The Scale Thickness dialog opens.
2. Under Thickness location, define the thickness location of the entities you want to scale. By defining the minimum thickness and/or the maximum thickness, the scaled thickness will not go below the minimum and beyond the maximum thickness mentioned.
   1. In the Minimum thickness field, enter a thickness the scaled thickness will not go below.
   2. In the Maximum thickness field, enter a thickness the scaled thickness will not exceed.
   Note: Nodal thickness on elements is only available in the LS-DYNA solver interface.

   
   
   Figure 1.

3. Under Selection, select entities to scale.
   • Choose All to select all of the entities in your model.
   • Choose Entities to use the Elements selector to manually select entities.

   
   
   Figure 2.

4. Under Scale by, choose whether to multiply, add, or subtract the existing thickness with a desired value.
   To subtract from the thickness, select Add and enter a negative value.

   Note: You cannot multiply with a negative value.

   
   
   Figure 3.

5. Click Calculate.
   Thickness is scaled.