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Solid Modelling Tools - Change Part Thickness

When creating an extruded product in Solid Modelling Tools, each extruded part is assigned a material with a specific thickness. Typically drawings are made before receiving the sheetgoods. We draw the parts with their nominal material thickness. After receiving the sheetgoods, we would calibrate the material to get the actual thickness. How do you change the material thickness of an extruded part? Simply modifying the section drawing does not work. An error message pops up saying that the modified thickness of the part drawn does not match the assigned material thickness. And editing the material thickness in the Material File does not work. It appears the material thickness of an extruded part is linked to the name of the material. Is there a simple way to modify the part thicknesses without having to create new materials with the new thicknesses?

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