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Example of Extrude - Direction of Extrusion

You can specify extrude direction with 2D and with 3D sketches by specifying a direction vector as the Direction of Extrusion. Direction vectors include:

Cylindrical faces

Linear edges

Reference axes

Vertices

Points in reference geometry

Conical faces

 Sketch points

Linear sketch entities

Reference planes

 

 

Planar faces

 

 

 

 

Preview - normal extrude

Sketch entity used for Direction of Extrusion

Using sketch for Direction of Extrusion

Extrude applied

 



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