How to extrude to multiple heights using the same sketch.

[Anonymous]

I cannot find how to extrude to multiple heights using the same sketch for inventor 2021. I tried to use the Share Sketch feature but I could not find it on this version of the software. Is there a way to do this easier? 

[swalton · Accepted solution]

Make a new Extrude feature for each different height.  Use Share Sketch after you have created the first Extrude feature and select the proper boundaries for each new height.

The workflow is something like this:

1. Make the sketch.
2. Start an Extrude feature and select all the areas/lines for Height_1.
3. Finish the feature.
4. Share the sketch.
5. Create a new Extrude feature, select all the areas/lines for Height_2, and finish the feature
6. Repeat Step 4 for each different Extrude Height you need.

[andrewiv · Accepted solution]

To share a sketch you expand the extrusion in the browser and right click on the sketch and select share sketch.

[SBix26 · Accepted solution]

There is another way to do it as one feature:

Create a surface representing the end of all the extrusions, something that will probably look a bit like steps.  Then extrude using To Next instead of Distance and select that surface body as the terminator.  May not be useful if you have only two distances to do, but for more than that it should be helpful.

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Sam B
Inventor Pro 2021.1.1 | Windows 10 Home 2004
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