Extrude Tools: by Projection to Plane

Description

Extrudes selected nodes, beams, plates and brick faces onto a target plane in a specified direction.

Nodes are extruded into beams or links, beams are extruded into plates, and plates or brick faces are extruded into bricks.

Projection is undertaken on a node by node basis and the result depends on both the source and how the target direction is defined, as described in Tools: Project to Plane.

Dialog

Plane

The plane to which the selected entities are projected.

XY

The global XY plane.
YZ

The global YZ plane.
ZX

The global ZX plane.
3 Points

A target plane defined by three points.

Single point positioning the global XY, YZ or ZX plane. If the point is zero, the plane passes through the origin of the coordinate system.

P1 / P2 / P3

Three points defining a target plane. Applicable only when 3 Points is selected under Plane. All three points must be non-zero.

Direction

Projection direction. Both positive and negative directions are considered for each case.

Source (Plate) Normal

Direction is defined by the average normal of all plate elements connected to the source node.

Only applicable to nodes on plate elements. If the source node does not have plates attached, the direction is undefined and no projection is applied.
Target Normal

Direction is normal the target plane, passing through the source node.
Conical

Direction is defined by the vector from the Apex point to the source node.
Parallel P1 / P2

Projection direction is defined by the line passing through points P1 and P2.

Common Controls