Extend Surface
You can extend a surface by selecting
an edge, multiple edges, or a face.
To extend
a surface:
Click Extended Surface on
the Surfaces toolbar or click Insert, Surface,
Extend.
In the
PropertyManager:
Under
Edges/Faces to Extend, select
one or more edges or faces in the graphics area for Selected
Face/Edges .
For edges,
the surface extends along the plane of the edge. For faces, the surface
extends along all edges of the face except those connected to another
face.
You can propagate extended surfaces to tangent
faces by clicking the Propagate callout which appears only if you select edges.
Select
an End Condition type:
Distance. Extends the surface by the
value you specify in Distance
.
Up to point. Extends the surface to
the point or vertex selected in the graphics area for Vertex
.
Up to surface. Extends the surface to
the surface or face selected in the graphics area for Surface/Face
.
Select
an Extension Type:
|
|
|
Extend edge
using Same surface as the Extension Type. |
Extend edge
using Linear as the Extension
Type. |
Extend surface
using the face as the Edges/Faces to
Extend and Same surface as
the Extension Type. |
Click OK .