How to Create a Custom Shell Feature | RC Airplane Design | How To |

In this video we tackle another request on how to make a custom shell feature for 3D printing RC parts. We will take a look at 2 different ways you can achieve the same results and customize your lightweight RC parts.

[@Fusion360School]

Just a wild idea here that might be fun to try. Split the original solid into 4 segments. Shell each individual segment, making sure to select each body instead of a face. Then finally combine all bodies into one. There is however the limitation that the internal 3 ribs would always be twice as thick as the overall shell thickness. Hopefully, we can have variable shell thickness in the future.

[@LearnEverythingAboutDesign]

Thanks for the comment and that is a great option!

[@tonysmith7702]

Thank you Matt, that helps a lot!.

[@LearnEverythingAboutDesign]

You bet!

[@billjonesnation]

I like learning about all these new methods. THANKS.

[@LearnEverythingAboutDesign]

Glad you like them! Thanks Bill!

[@bwilliams1815]

Great tip. I usually use offset surfaces then merge but your demonstration gives another thought that I never considered. Thanks for sharing

[@LearnEverythingAboutDesign]

Glad it was helpful!

[@planejanemodeling]

Nice technique....thank you!

[@LearnEverythingAboutDesign]

Thanks for watching!

[@jacobstevens6286]

This is a very good tutorial for a problem I’m going through right now actually. I’m modeling my friends sedan to hopefully print as a rc body and was struggling to hollow it out because the shell command conflicts with itself too much. Thanks for some new ideas!

[@LearnEverythingAboutDesign]

Sounds fun Jacob! Yeah once the bodies get too complex the shell (and surface offset) will struggle. Offsetting faces you can and then manually building others certainly help. Good luck!

[@Coffees933]

Man you deserve more subscribers

[@LearnEverythingAboutDesign]

Thanks you! :)

[@bwilliams1815]

They will come. You are very detailed.

[@MrWhiteladder61]

I haven't found the the shell works that well. I have a lofted body that the shell command just can't compute. Its not even a complicated shape.

[@LearnEverythingAboutDesign]

There are certain things that will hang it up. Years ago I was making a 5gal gas tank for a client and Solidworks would not shell it even though it had really large radii everywhere, but Fusion would. When i have trouble what I will do is try the surface offset in small increments and see at what value the surface fails. Sometimes it can point to a surface issue where a radius is too tight. Sometimes its just Monday.....

[@aidencarlin9942]

What’s the software called

[@LearnEverythingAboutDesign]

Fusion 360 from Autodesk.