Re: Extrude Feature "From"

Ahhh! That's good to know. I will pay attention to that prerequisite next
time I try using it.

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"Lee Bazalgette - factorydesign" <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Hey, I had the same problem and then found out that the sketch has to lie
within the surface - a bit like when you're using up-to-surface on a loft
or whatever. If the sketch overlaps the surface edges it doesn't work -
which is stupid as teh surface has to be planar so shouldn't really
matter - it's been reported though so hopefully it will get sorted.

Hope this helps

Lee


"Seth Renigar" <srenigar.no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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I have figured out a different workaround. Your workaround would probably
work well also.

However, I would like to know how you get the From>Surface to work. I
have tried it many times in the past and I just can't seem to get it to
work if I select a face. I don't know what I am doing wrong.

From>Vertex works great. As does From>Offset. I just wish you could
control the offset distance externally, like I had originally inquired
about. There is just something about From>Surface that I just ain't
gettin....

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"matt" <m_lombard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The Extrude From function works ok for me. It seems to have improved
over previous versions where it just projected a profile onto the
surface and then filled the profile rather than using a trimmed section
of the selected surface.

If you're just using the extrude from offset as a distance, that works
as expected, but controlling the offset distance from outside the prop
mgr appears to be impossible, except maybe from the API, but I'm not
sure about that. You might be better served to just use an offset plane
with a dimension you can control than to try to use the shortcut of the
extrude from offset.


Seth Renigar wrote:
I created a Boss Extrude feature and used the "From>Offset" to start
the extrude. How can I control this offset distance outside of the
extrude feature properties (equation, DT, etc.)?

Also, while I am on the subject, has anyone ever got the "From>Surface"
to work? I have never had any luck with that. If I could get that to
work, I would not need to know about the offset thingy above, but would
still like to know if it is possible for future reference.







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