Extruding a Subdivision Edge or Face

You can extrude mesh faces or laminar edges on a subdivision object.

This task shows you how to:

 

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Extruding a Subdivision Face

  1. From the Subdivision section of the action bar, create a 2D or 3D subdivision object.

    Note: A 3D subdivision box is used in this procedure.



  2. From the Subdivision section of the action bar, click Extrude .
    A command toolbar appears with the following commands:

    Command Description
    Command Icon On a subdivision object, when you launch a command with a command toolbar, the active command icon is displayed on the drag handle of the toolbar. In the screen capture above this table, the Extrude icon is shown.


    		Accept and Continue. Accepts the current result and continues in the current command.


    		OK. Accepts the current result and closes the command.


    		Cancel. Cancels the command.
    Note: Press Esc to exit the command, double-click to apply the current command and use the command again.
  3. Select one or more faces in the subdivision mesh to extrude.

  4. Click . You can also customize the extruded face by selecting faces and points on the extruded face and perform another edit.

  5. Click .



Extruding a Laminar Edge

  1. From the Subdivision section of the action bar, create a 2D or 3D subdivision object.

    Note: A 2D subdivision rectangle with one face deleted is used in this procedure.



  2. Select the laminar edge that you want to extrude and click Extrude .


    The preview of the new face created appears. The Extrude command appears on the quick access context toolbar.

    The subdivision command toolbar shows the Blend button along with the other commands.



  3. Optional: You can click Blend from the command toolbar to fill gaps in the mesh faces of the subdivision object if the edges are extruded toward each other.



  4. Click .
  5. Click .