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Use the Extrusion dialog-box to edit the properties of an Extrusion.
To open the Extrusion dialog-box is a Special-Case.
If you CAN see the Extrusion in the Graphic-Area
If you CAN NOT see the Extrusion in the Graphic-Area
Alternatively, If you can NOT see the Extrusion in the Graphic-Area
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There are three separators in the Extrusion dialog-box. Depth and Offset Color, Opacity and Quality Mass Properties - to save the Extrusion as a STEP file-type. |
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Extrusion-Depth (default = see Application-Settings> Auto-Profile tab) The distance to the Secondary-Contour Extrusion-Depth must be positive. Minimum value = 0.001mm Extrusion-Offset (default = 0) Applies to this Extrusion ONLY The distance to the Primary Contour from the dimension that we specify by Part-Offset Extrusion-Offset can be negative or positive. Part-Offset (default = 0) Applies to ALL Extrusions in a Part. The distance to the Primary Contour from the Mechanism-Plane to which we add the distance specified by the Extrusion-Offset parameter. Part-Offset can be negative or positive. Note: Distance to Primary Contour |
* The Primary and Secondary Contours of the Profile element:
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Show Extrusion check-box To show or hide the Extrusion Note: To hide Profile (contours), see Display toolbars > Show/Hide Profiles Color Button to select the color of the Extrusion with the Windows® Color-Picker Transparency (slider) Slider to change the Transparency of the Extrusion in the graphic-area Graphics Quality (slider) Slider to change the Graphics Quality of the Extrusion Note: To update the Graphics Quality, you may need to open the Part in the Part-Editor and then exit the Part-Editor immediately. See also: Application Settings | Graphics |
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Density Units The Mass and Inertia properties (below) change as you edit the Density. Mass (read-only) Units Mass = Density × area of sketch-loop × Extrusion Depth Inertia (read-only) Units Inertia is calculated with respect to the center-of-mass. The position of the center-of-mass is a function of the shape of the sketch-loop you select to add the Profile. The center-of-mass is on the Mechanism-Plane. The mass is uniformly distributed. |