Cerberus Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Is it possible to extrude a face on a 3D solid to create an entirely seperate solid? When you use the solid modelling extrude command, then pick a face tio extrude, it just "extends" that solid. I seem to remember, there was a method of creating seperate solids using this command but I cannot remember how to do it. Can enyone refresh my memory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Maybe you were thinking of the PressPull command? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickilb Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 When i need to do this, i use the "copy face" command first (found in the solid editing tool bar), and then extrude it. This will create 2 seperate solids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted November 8, 2010 Author Share Posted November 8, 2010 I usually use the copy face tool first but I seem to remember there was a method of creating a separate solid using just the extrude command. As this is something I do on a regular basis, I was looking for a way to streamline the process. The only other method I can see is to run up some sort of lisp routine to combine the two commands in some way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 I think "Copy Face" is exactly what you should be using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted November 8, 2010 Author Share Posted November 8, 2010 I’ve worked it out. I edited the macro on the solid edit tool bar to read just ^C^C_extrude, instead of ^C^C_solidedit _face _extrude. Now, if I hold Ctrl as I pick the required face, the command creates an entirely separate solid rather than just adding to the original. So I now only need one command instead of two. Try typing _extrude on the command line and see what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Nice trick. I'll give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted November 8, 2010 Author Share Posted November 8, 2010 Oops. Quick back pedal. Don't alter your solidedit extrude macro. Just use the standard extrude command from your modelling toolbar but hold Ctrl as you pic. Doing this enables you to pick faces on solids as well as regions, polylines etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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