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title: "Thicken"
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description: "This page covers the Thicken tool in Cinema 4D. It gives selected polygons interactive wall thickness by duplicating and offsetting them — the …"
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# Thicken

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
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> This page covers the **Thicken tool** in **Cinema 4D**. It gives selected polygons interactive wall thickness by duplicating and offsetting them — the modeling-tool counterpart to the Thicken object, handy for shells, panels and sheet material.

The Thicken tool gives a selected polygon face a wall thickness by duplicating and offsetting it. It works only in Polygon mode.

The Thicken tool works in large part like the [Thicken](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/OSOLIDIFYGENERATOR.html.md) object only that it is used as an interactive modeling tool for selected polygons.

By holding down the LMB, you can interactively adjust the thickness.