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Autocad HELP! What's the best way to thicken 3d objects?

In autocad2007, I made a 3d model of a product made out of sheet metal with thickness 1/32 of inch (.03125"). Unfortunately, a problem arose and my boss's solution was to replace the original sheet metal with a thicker sheet metal!! (.040") Now doing the drafting changes will take FOREVER because the product is quite complicated and assembled of many different parts. What would be the best method/process/action that I could use to "thicken" the 3d objects?? The 3d objects were originally made generally like this... lines -> pedit -> join -> extrude .... i've been thinking about using the "thicken" feature.. but it doesn't work with already 3d objects... i've tried to "extract surfaces" from the 3d objects, but Autocad keeps telling me that I cannot do that... o.O HOW SHOULD I DO THIS?! PLEASE HELP!!! ok please don't link me to other sites... so i've decided to use the "extrude face" feature, and as long as i am meticulous and careful about extruding the correct faces of each object, i can safely make everything thicker without ruining the assembly. However, i have ran into another problem. the "extrude face" command does not apply to non-planar surfaces... for example, filleted corners!!... how can i thicken the corners that are filleted? AHA!. ok.. to work with the fillet edges, you can offset the filleted face. viola problem solved!

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1. NIce work!