ExtrudeCrv

Creates a surface or solid by driving a curve in a straight line perpendicular to the construction plane.

Note: Unlike Lofts and Sweeps, the initial orientation of the profile curve or surface is maintained through the extrusion.

Steps:

1. Select a curve.

2. Pick a distance.

Options

Direction

BothSides

Cap

DeleteInput

ExtrudeCrvAlongCrv

Extrudes a curve along a path curve.

Note: Unlike Lofts and Sweeps, the initial orientation of the profile curve or surface is maintained through the extrusion.

Steps:

1. Select a curve.

2. Select the path curve.

Options

Cap

DeleteInput

SubCurve

Extrude a curve the distance specified by picking two points along a curve.

Note: The extruded surface starts from the beginning of the curve, not the first picked point. Picking the points only establishes the extrusion distance.

Steps:

1. Select the path curve.

2. Pick a start along the path curve.

3. Pick an end along the path curve.

ExtrudeCrvTapered

Creates a surface or solid by extruding a curve to a tapered polysurface.

Note: Unlike Lofts and Sweeps, the initial orientation of the profile curve or surface is maintained through the extrusion.

Steps:

1. Select a curve.

2. Pick a distance.

Options

Direction

DraftAngle

Cap

Corners

DeleteInput

FlipAngle

ExtrudeCrvToPoint

Creates a surface or solid by driving a curve to a pointed surface.

Note: Unlike Lofts and Sweeps, the initial orientation of the profile curve or surface is maintained through the extrusion.

Steps:

1. Select a curve

2. Pick the point to extrude to.

Options

Cap

DeleteInput

Fin

Creates a surface by extruding a curve on a surface, normal to the surface.

Steps:

1. Select a curve on the surface.

2. Select the surface.

3. Pick a location on the curve for a height.

4. Pick a location to set another height, or press Enter if the surface should be uniform in height.

Ribbon

Creates a surface by offsetting a curve and creating a ruled surface in the area between the two curves.

Steps:

1. Select a curve.

2. Drag the cursor to one side of the curve and pick.

Options

Distance

Corner

ThroughPoint

Tolerance

BothSides

Slab

Offsets a curve, extrudes and caps the result to create a solid.

Steps:

1. Select a curve.

   Note: The Slab command uses the construction plane in the view where you pick the offset as the ground plane. The Slab command offsets the curve to create a base for the slab and then extrudes the base to make a solid with mitered corners.

2. Pick a distance.

3. Pick the height.

Options

Distance

ThroughPoint