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Extruding edges and curves

You can extrude the edge of any solid by selecting the PullTool used to distort or deform geometry. Use the Pull tool to offset, extrude, revolve, sweep, draft, and blend faces; or to round, chamfer, or extrude edges. When converting a sketch to 3D, pulling a line creates a surface and pulling a surface creates a solid. tool's ExtrudeTo pull a face along with its edges. The edges extend to bound the extruded face, creating a new section defined by the edges. Edge3D object composed of a single outside boundary of a feature. A line sketched in 2D becomes an edge when you pull your sketch into 3D. option. You can also extend and extrude surface edges.

To extrude an edge

1. Click PullTool used to distort or deform geometry. Use the Pull tool to offset, extrude, revolve, sweep, draft, and blend faces; or to round, chamfer, or extrude edges. When converting a sketch to 3D, pulling a line creates a surface and pulling a surface creates a solid. in the Edit group on the Design2D or 3D model that contains at least one top-level component. tab. The Select tool guide on the right side of the Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace. should be active.

2. Select the edge or edges you want to extrude.

   Ctrl+click to select multiple edges. Double-click to select a tangent chain.

3. Select the ExtrudeTo pull a face along with its edges. The edges extend to bound the extruded face, creating a new section defined by the edges. Edge3D object composed of a single outside boundary of a feature. A line sketched in 2D becomes an edge when you pull your sketch into 3D. option in the Options window, or from the mini-toolbar.

   The PullTool used to distort or deform geometry. Use the Pull tool to offset, extrude, revolve, sweep, draft, and blend faces; or to round, chamfer, or extrude edges. When converting a sketch to 3D, pulling a line creates a surface and pulling a surface creates a solid. arrow changes to show the two directions in which you can extrude the edge. One arrow is highlighted to show the primary direction.

4. If the arrow pointing the direction you want to pull is not highlighted, click the arrow or press Tab to change the direction.

Click and drag the edge in the direction of the PullTool used to distort or deform geometry. Use the Pull tool to offset, extrude, revolve, sweep, draft, and blend faces; or to round, chamfer, or extrude edges. When converting a sketch to 3D, pulling a line creates a surface and pulling a surface creates a solid. arrow.

To dimension the extrusion, right-click and enter a distance in the mini-toolbar, or type the distance while you are pulling and press Enter.

Press Ctrl to copy the edges.

Press Ctrl+C, then Ctrl+V to quickly copy and paste a selected set of edges in place.

You can click the Up To tool guide and click a face, edge, or point to pull up to. If the face does not intersect the edge you are pulling, the edge will be pulled parallel to the face. If you pull the edge of a surface up to another object, the result is automatically solidified if it creates a closed volume.

To extrude a curve

1. Click PullTool used to distort or deform geometry. Use the Pull tool to offset, extrude, revolve, sweep, draft, and blend faces; or to round, chamfer, or extrude edges. When converting a sketch to 3D, pulling a line creates a surface and pulling a surface creates a solid. in the Edit group on the Design2D or 3D model that contains at least one top-level component. tab. The Select tool guide on the right side of the Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace. should be active.

2. Select the curve or curves you want to extrude.

   Ctrl+click to select multiple curves. Double-click to select a tangent chain.

3. Select the ExtrudeTo pull a face along with its edges. The edges extend to bound the extruded face, creating a new section defined by the edges. Edge3D object composed of a single outside boundary of a feature. A line sketched in 2D becomes an edge when you pull your sketch into 3D. option in the Options window, or from the mini-toolbar.

   The PullTool used to distort or deform geometry. Use the Pull tool to offset, extrude, revolve, sweep, draft, and blend faces; or to round, chamfer, or extrude edges. When converting a sketch to 3D, pulling a line creates a surface and pulling a surface creates a solid. arrow changes to show the two directions in which you can extrude the curve. One arrow is highlighted to show the primary direction.

4. If the arrow pointing the direction you want to pull is not highlighted, click the arrow or press Tab to change the direction.

Click and drag the curve in the direction of the PullTool used to distort or deform geometry. Use the Pull tool to offset, extrude, revolve, sweep, draft, and blend faces; or to round, chamfer, or extrude edges. When converting a sketch to 3D, pulling a line creates a surface and pulling a surface creates a solid. arrow.

To dimension the extrusion, right-click and enter a distance in the mini-toolbar, or type the distance while you are pulling and press Enter.

Press Ctrl to copy the curves.

Press Ctrl+C, then Ctrl+V to quickly copy and paste a selected set of curves in place.

You can click the Up To tool guide and click a face, edge, or point to pull up to. If the face does not intersect the curve you are pulling, the curve will be pulled parallel to the face. If you pull the curve of a surface up to another object, the result is automatically solidified if it creates a closed volume.

When extruding sketch curves into surfaces, the following rules apply to the resulting surface color.

If all curves being pulled are the same color AND the curve colors override their layer color, the surface is the same color as the curves.
If all curves being pulled are the same color AND the curves take their color from a layer that is not the Active layer, the surface is the color of the Active layer and not the color of the curves.
If all curves are not the same color, the surface uses the Active layer color.
If all curves are not the same color AND take their colors from different layers, the surface uses the Active layer color.

Options

The following options are available in the PullTool used to distort or deform geometry. Use the Pull tool to offset, extrude, revolve, sweep, draft, and blend faces; or to round, chamfer, or extrude edges. When converting a sketch to 3D, pulling a line creates a surface and pulling a surface creates a solid. tool. Once you select the edge or face to pull, select these options from the Options panelArea of the user interface that enables you to modify functions specific to tools., or right-click and select them from the mini-toolbar: