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Linear Extrusion

CmdExtrudeMeshLinear.svg

This command creates 3D mesh(es) of profile(s) extruded along a direction, with a given length.

Requirements

Select one or several profiles or group of profiles (polyline, trajectory, CAD wire, CAD curve or linear geometry) and launch the command.

  1. Enter the Extrusion length

  2. Choose the Extrusion direction. It can be achieved in 2 ways:

    1. manually enter the direction by specifying every X, Y and Z axis values

    2. click on Normal1.svg to define a direction

  3. Check Close extremities, if you want a closed mesh as output (If at least one profile is not planar and / or not closed, the option is not available).