EXTRUDE MULTIPLE LINES AT ONCE

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

I couldn't find a clear answer to this question.

Finally I did this job on Rhino after exporting my sketches as dxf but I would really prefer to be able to do this in fusion.

Thanx 

[TheCADWhisperer]

Can you give a bit of information about your design intent?

What is it that you want to create with open profiles?

Can you post an image of a similar existing design, object or natural occurrence?

[Anonymous]

I try to create the structure of a canopy like so (see attachment)

[etfrench]

You can extrude multiple lines at once, but you will get infinitely thin extrusions.  If you want a solid model, then you have two choices:

1. Draw each one of the frames as a rectangle, then select and extrude the closed geometries.
2. Draw and model one frame. Make multiple copies using patterns where applicable.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for your answer,

I'm ok with having infinitely thin extrusion since I would thicken then after the extrusion but I can't just figure out how to do it. When I extrude a line in patch mode I'm only able to select one line no matter what I do.

I cannot use the array command since all my structural elements are unique.

[etfrench]

You can select and extrude multiple lines in Model mode.

[HughesTooling]

You can only select multiple curves on the same plane or at the same height. It looks like you have 3d curves so you'll be restricted to one curve at a time. I think the only way to do what you want in Fusion would be to start with all curves on one plane, extrude then trim to give the contours you're after or one at a time like you're doing now.

Mark

[Anonymous]

Thank you Hughes,

I've used this workflow in the past witch works but I prefer to use Rhino for this simple thing. It is not parametric but it's so simple and so fast!

[TheCADWhisperer]

The Frame Generator in Autodesk Inventor is pretty fast, and it is fully parametric.

[Anonymous]

Yes it's nice but it's to much parametric! 

I want to be able to draw the pattern of the structure.

[Anonymous]

Oh sorry I thought you were talking about slicer for fusion...

I dont know frame generator and we don't have Inventor in my office...