How to extrude a 3D curve in a specific direction?

[Art5]

I'm working on a stamping die, and I have a set of 3D curves that I would like to extrude in a specific direction (specifically at 45 degrees from the YZ plane). In BobCAD there's an "Extrude Curve" command that lets me extrude curves, profiles, and surface edges in a normal direction, or at a specific angle to the "Z" plane. I usually just set a new UCS with "Z" in the direction that I would like to extrude. How do I achieve this in F360?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated,

            Thanks,

                             Art

[TrippyLighting · Accepted solution]

Sweep. You'l have to define the path/direction with another curve/line that needs to be "connected" to the curve you want to sweep.

[g-andresen]

Hi Art, 

If you give more details about the construction (curves, profiles...), we should be able to give you better tips for setting up the process, especially in dealing with directed working planes.

günther

[Art5]

While this does let me create a sweep in the direction that I want, it will only let me set the length to "1.00" and the feature it creates is much longer that 1 mm. 

[TrippyLighting · Accepted solution]

'1" is not a dimension, but the percentage of length swept along the path. Just make the path as long as you need.

[Art5]

[Art5]

This makes much more sense!