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Example: Specifying the 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
Points in reference geometry
Reference planes
Linear edges
Conical faces
Reference axes
Sketch points
Vertices
Linear sketch entities
Planar faces


Preview - normal extrude	Sketch entity used for Direction of Extrusion

Using sketch for Direction of Extrusion	Extrude applied

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Extrude PropertyManager

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