Extrude Both Directions

[mjkelly]

Does anyone know if Inventor will extrude a sketch in two directions to two different termination points? For example, extrude one way 3" and the other way 2" or one way up to a surface and the other way 2".

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Hi

Make two Workplanes on both sides of the sketch
with the wanted distance, then use "from to" in the
extrude dialog box

Regards Svein

[mjkelly]

Thanks. I was hoping for a more direct method. One that did not involve creating additional geometry but would rather utilize existing geometry. Wish List material I guess. Thanks again.

[bnewton]

Share the sketch then extrude in the other direction

[Anonymous]

This worked for me, thank you.
Still, it seems like it would be simple to add a button that extrudes in both directions (to next). Other CAD packages have this.

[ccamara01]

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@Anonymous wrote:
...Other CAD packages have this...

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If you only knew how many times I've said those words...

[JDMather]

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@Anonymous wrote:
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Still, it seems like it would be simple to add a button that extrudes in both directions (to next). Other CAD packages have this.

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You responded to a 12 year old thread?

Maybe it would be called Between or Asymmetric?

[Anonymous]

Reply to an unsolved 12 year old thread, or start a new thread. I opted to reply to the one that Google lead me to.

The Between command seems to be doing what I want. I just noticed the "Check to terminate on the extended face" box, so it works as I intended now.

Thank you.