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Make 3D Rectangular Structural steel

erichmeiritz — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 10:14:27 GMT

I just started leaning CAD not long ago and I made a 3D piece of 2"x4" structural steel - By accident. Now i cant figure out how I did it! I started by drawing a rectangle with polyline 2 by 4 units. Then offset it .250 (For the steel wall thickness) and fillet the edges. Then i extruded it and made a perfect piece of pipe! But now i cant duplicate it, even knowing more now then i did then. Ill upload the file of what i made. PLEASE somebody tell me how to duplicate this!

Re: Make 3D Rectangular Structural steel

mwgrutter — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 10:27:21 GMT

Either extrude both polylines and SUBTRACT the inner extrusion from the outer one or use the PRESSPULL command on the space between the polylines.

Re: Make 3D Rectangular Structural steel

imadHabash — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 11:36:05 GMT

Hi and Welcome to AutoDesk Forum,

Extrude and Presspull commands will make it... i hope it's clear for you.

Re: Make 3D Rectangular Structural steel

john.vellek — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 15:38:53 GMT

Hi @erichmeiritz,

As others have mentioned, PressPull or Extrude are the likely features you want to use.

Please update your status if you need additional assistance or resources.

Re: Make 3D Rectangular Structural steel

erichmeiritz — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:09:23 GMT

Thank you guys so much for the help! That had been driving me crazy for days trying to figure it out. Ill be sure to update my signature the next time I post on here.