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Extrude Direction Along Vector

You can extrude 2D and 3D sketches normal to the face, or you can select a Direction of Extrusion .

You can also select a Direction with the Dome feature.

Use any of the following for Direction of Extrusion

Cylindrical faces

Linear edges

Conical faces

Linear sketch entities

Planar faces

Reference axes

Sketch points

References planes

Vertices

Points in reference geometry



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