Extrude Tools: by Direction
Description
Extrudes selected nodes, beams, plates and brick faces by an increment defined by a direction and distance.
Nodes are extruded into beams or links, beams are extruded into plates, and plates and brick faces are extruded into bricks.
Dialog
Direction P1 / P2
Two points that define the direction vector.
Distance
The extrusion distance in the specified direction.
When the points are retrieved by clicking the model window, the distance is automatically set if the value in the edit box is zero.
Common Controls
- Components
- Point selection
- Property Increment
- Repeat
- Extrude Plate Edge Attributes
- Source
- Nodes to...
- Beams to...
- Plates and brick faces...
- Keep Selection
See Also