Dialog: Profile/Extrusion

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Dialog: Profile/Extrusion

Profile/Extrusion

See Add Profile/Extrusion

You add Profile / Extrusions to sketch-loops.

Use the Extrusion dialog-box to edit the properties of an Extrusion.

How to open the Extrusion dialog-box

Double-click Extrusion

Double-click Extrusion

To open the Extrusion dialog-box

1.Double-click the Extrusion in the graphic-area

or

1.See How to open a Dialog-Box

SHIFT-CLICK Profile

SHIFT-CLICK Profile

Profile / Extrusion in the Selection-Window

Profile/Extrusion in Selection-Window

STEP 1: In the Graphic-Area

Red-14-1 SHIFT+CLICK the (Pink) Profile

STEP 2: In the Selection-Window

The Profile and Extrusion show in the Selection-Window

Red-14-2 Selection-Window: Right-click the EXTRUSION element

In the contextual-menu:

Red-14-3 Click Edit Element.

CLICK Profile

CLICK Profile

STEP 1: In the Graphic-Area

Red-14-1 CLICK a (Pink) Profile

The Assembly-Tree expands to identify the ProfileRed-14-2 and Extrusion

Edit Extrusion from the Assembly-Tree

Profile/Extrusion in Assembly-Tree

STEP 2: In the Assembly-Tree

1.Assembly-Tree: Click the EXTRUSIONRed-14-3

The  Element name  is now blue, the ICON has an orange boxRed-14-3

2.Assembly-Tree: Right-Click the EXTRUSIONRed-14-3

A contextual-menu shows next to your pointer:

3.Contextual-menu: Click Edit ElementRed-14-4

The Extrusion dialog-box is now open.

The Extrusion dialog-box

Extrusion dialog-box

Extrusion dialog-box

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.
Click to exapand /collapse Depth and Offset 
MD-Dialog-Extrusion-DepthOffset
MD-GA-ProfileELements-Zaxis

Extrusion-Depth (default = see Application-Settings> Auto-Profile tab)

The distance to the Secondary-ContourRed-14-3* from the Primary-ContourRed-14-2, along the +Z-axisRed-14-4 of the Part.

Extrusion-Depth must be positive. Minimum value = 0.001mm

Extrusion-Offset (default = 0)

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 ContourRed-14-2 from Mechanism-Plane = Part Offset + Extrusion Offset

* The Primary and Secondary Contours of the Profile element:

Red-14-1 Sketch-Loop

Red-14-2 Primary-Contour

Red-14-3 Secondary-Contour

Red-14-4 Z-axis is perpendicular(⊥) to the Mechanism-Plane
Click to exapand /collapse Color, Opacity, Quality
MD-DIALOG-EXTRUSION-COLORQUALITY-2

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
Low Quality     High Quality

Low Quality     High Quality
Click to exapand /collapse Mass Properties 
MD-Dialog-Extrusion-MassProps

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.

See also CAD-Line dialog > Mass Properties tab