Extruding Surfaces

You can create a surface by extruding a curve of any type.


Before you begin: Open a 3D shape containing a curve to extrude.
  1. In the Elements box, select the curve from which you want to extrude a surface.
    A handle is displayed on the curve, oriented according to your selection in the Direction area.
  2. Change the extrude direction.
    • Normal to the curve : Extrudes in the direction orthogonal to the curve plane.
    • Robot direction : Extrudes in the direction orthogonal to the plane of the Robot base.
  3. Define the extrusion length.
  4. Click Display Corners to display the handles at the extremities of the extrusion curve.
  5. To extrude the surface in the chosen direction, do one of the following:
    • Drag the handle.
    • Right-click the handle, select Edit and enter values for Relative Position and Step.
  6. To keep a point, right-click the handle and select Keep this point.
  7. Click OK.