ExtrudeSrfAlongCrv

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The ExtrudeSrfAlongCrv command creates a solid by tracing the path of the surface edges along another path curve.

Steps

1. Select a surface.
2. Select the path curve near the start.

Notes

If the curve is not planar, then it will be extruded in the z-direction of the active viewport's construction plane. If the curve is planar, it will be extruded in the normal direction of the plane of the curve.
Unlike Lofts and Sweeps, the initial orientation of the profile curve or surface is maintained through the extrusion.
If the input is a non-planar polycurve or a planar polycurve where the extrusion direction is not normal to the curve plane, the result will be a polysurface rather than an extrusion object.

Command-line options

Solid

If the profile curve is closed and planar, both ends of the extruded object are filled with planar surfaces and joined to make a closed polysurface.

DeleteInput

Yes

Deletes the original geometry.

No

Retains the original geometry.

SubCurve

The SubCurve option extrudes a curve the distance specified by picking two points along a curve.

Note: The extruded surface starts from the beginning of the curve, not the first picked point. Picking the points only establishes the extrusion distance.

Subcurve steps

1. Select the path curve.
2. Pick a start along the path curve.
3. Pick an end along the path curve.

ToBoundary

Extrudes the object to a boundary surface.

See also

Extrude curves and surfaces


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