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Hi!
I just looked at the new icon of Part Thickness. It looks not really different from the old one, which I link in here from artwork wiki page...

This icon is poor. PartDesign's variant of it is much better.

But it suddenly struck me, that a name like "Hollow out" would describe what it does much better.

What do you think?

+1

If you want to rename it i would prefer "Make hollow" above "Hollow out"

DeepSOIC wrote:This icon is poor.

I once made one which actually showed the operation. It was never merged.

DeepSOIC wrote:PartDesign's variant of it is much better.

I don't like the slanted face, it looks like the original PartDesign Draft icon (which was better than the new one btw ) but modified.

DeepSOIC wrote:But it suddenly struck me, that a name like "Hollow out" would describe what it does much better.

What do you think?

LOL. I said exactly that *YEARS* ago. Nothing came of it.

In CATIA, Solidworks and Inventor, it's called a shell command or feature. This would obviously induce confusion as a shell is already an existing shape.

In Solid Edge, it's called "thick shell". Not a bad one IMHO as it refers to thickness.

And in CATIA, Thickness seems to refer to adding thickness to a surface or existing solid (see screenshot). It's more logical than FreeCAD's current use for thickness.

Hollow out. Hallowed are the Ori.

(I know it doesn't rhymes, it just popped in my head )

NormandC wrote:it looks like the original PartDesign Draft icon (which was better than the new one btw )

Could you detail any tweaks you think are needed in the original feedback thread ?
I'll be able to apply the tweaks in an upcoming vulture pass (there's some sketcher stuff and Techdraw icons I need to run by in a week or two)