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Extrude with a different axis

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 17:39:30 GMT

Is there a way of extruding with an axis not perpendicular to the face? I tried rotating the axis prior to extruding but it doesn't seem to do anything different.

Thank you

Re: Extrude with a different axis

tvollaro — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 13:45:44 GMT

Yes! You can. Right click on a face and choose the Move Face tool (or just select a face and type M) you can then move faces and adjacent edges and faces. It helps to create a line as a guide or use a line/edge as a reference from somewhere else in the model.

Re: Extrude with a different axis

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 17:27:23 GMT

Hi Tom, Thank you for your reply. I tried what you suggested but I don't get to do what I wanted. Maybe I am doing it wrong. Please read the caption of the next three images to see what I mean. Thank you!

Blue is the default extrusion axis and red is the desired extrusion axis.When trying to move face as you suggested, this is what I get.But this is actually what I was trying to accomplish.

Re: Extrude with a different axis

josh.goldstein — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 17:46:21 GMT

Hi Carlos,

Extrude will always use the axis that aligns with the normal of the face.

However, you could use Loft to accomplish what you're after:

Draw a line that represents the desired length for this new appendage:

Select the angled face, use Ctrl +C, then Ctrl + V to copy/paste and get the geometry on your cursor. Place the copied face onto the end of the guide line you drew before:

Use the Loft command (shortcut LO or see the UI screenshot below), which will ask you to select faces to loft through. Simply select the original angled face, then select the new angled face, and hit Enter:

Loft is really useful for things like this. Let us know if this helps!

Thanks,

Re: Extrude with a different axis

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 18:56:17 GMT

Hi Josh,

Thanks for your answer.

Yes, I guess that's a way of doing it ( I did something similar for the "final" image in my previous message). I guess I was hoping there would be a way of changing the axis of the extrusion... It would make it easier and more intutitive, and it seems more consistent with the pushing/pulling method. Maybe that will be incorporated in the future?