Extrusion Cut

Extrusion Cut feature extrudes selected objects along their normals or selected axis and cuts the result from other objects.

To perform Extrusion Cut in the active part:

  1. select in the Main Menu Features - > Extrusion Cut item or

  2. click extrusion_cut_btn.icon Extrusion Cut button in the toolbar

The following property panel will be opened:

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Start sketch

There are three variants of the property panel for Extrusion Cut depending on the chosen option:

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By Sizes extrudes objects by specifying sizes.

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By Bounding Planes extrudes objects by specifying bounding planes and offsets.

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Through All extrudes base objects through all objects to be cut.

By sizes

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Extrusion Cut: definition by sizes

  • Base objects - contains a list of objects selected in the Object Browser or in the Viewer, which will be extruded.

  • Axis - if selected, it will be the direction of extrusion, otherwise objects normals will be used.

  • To size - size for extrusion in the direction.

  • From size - size for extrusion in the opposite direction.

  • Cut from - contains a list of objects to be cut by the result of extrusion.

TUI Commands:

model.addExtrusionCut(part, objectsToExtrude, size, objectsToCut)
Parameters

  • part – The current part object.

  • list – A list of objects for extrusion.

  • number – Size of extrucion.

  • list – A list of objects to cut from.

Returns

Created object.

model.addExtrusionCut(part, objects, direction, size, objectsToCut)
Parameters

  • part – The current part object.

  • list – A list of objects for extrusion.

  • object – A direction of extrusion

  • number – Size of extrucion.

  • list – A list of objects to cut from.

Returns

Created object.

model.addExtrusionCut(part, objects, toSize, fromSize, objectsToCut)
Parameters

  • part – The current part object.

  • list – A list of objects for extrusion.

  • number – “Size to” value.

  • number – “Size from” value.

  • list – A list of objects to cut from.

Returns

Created object.

model.addExtrusionCut(part, objects, direction, toSize, fromSize, objectsToCut)
Parameters

  • part – The current part object.

  • list – A list of objects for extrusion.

  • object – A direction of extrusion

  • number – “Size to” value.

  • number – “Size from” value.

  • list – A list of objects to cut from.

Returns

Created object.

Result

The Result of the operation will be an extruded shape:

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Created Extrusion Cut

See Also a sample TUI Script of Create Extrusion Cut by sizes operation.

By bounding planes

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Extrusion Cut: definition by bounding planes

  • Base objects - contains a list of objects selected in the Object Browser or in the Viewer, which will be extruded.

  • Axis - if selected, it will be the direction of extrusion, otherwise objects normals will be used.

  • To plane - a planar face can be selected to bound extrusion from one side.

  • To offset - offset for extrusion or for a bounding plane, if selected.

  • From plane - a planar face can be selected to bound extrusion from the other side.

  • From offset - offset for extrusion or for a bounding plane, if selected.

  • Cut from - contains a list of objects which will be cut by the result of extrusion.

TUI Commands:

model.addExtrusionCut(part, objects, toObject, toOffset, fromObject, fromOffset, objectsToCut)
Parameters

  • part – The current part object.

  • list – A list of objects for extrusion.

  • object – “To object”.

  • number – “Offset to” value.

  • object – “From object”.

  • number – “Offset from” value.

  • list – A list of objects to cut from.

Returns

Created object.

model.addExtrusionCut(part, objects, direction, toObject, toOffset, fromObject, fromOffset, objectsToCut)
Parameters

  • part – The current part object.

  • list – A list of objects for extrusion.

  • object – A direction of extrusion

  • object – “To object”.

  • number – “Offset to” value.

  • object – “From object”.

  • number – “Offset from” value.

  • list – A list of objects to cut from.

Returns

Created object.

Result

The Result of the operation will be an extruded shape:

../_images/extrusion_cut_by_bounding_planes_result.png

Created Extrusion Cut

See Also a sample TUI Script of Create Extrusion Cut by bounding planes operation.

Through all

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Extrusion Cut: definition through all objects

  • Base objects - contains a list of objects selected in the Object Browser or in the Viewer, which will be extruded.

  • Axis - if selected, it will be the direction of extrusion, otherwise objects normals will be used.

  • Cut from - contains a list of objects to be cut by the result of extrusion.

TUI Commands:

model.addExtrusionCut(part, objectsToExtrude, objectsToCut)
Parameters

  • part – The current part object.

  • list – A list of objects for extrusion.

  • list – A list of objects to cut from.

Returns

Created object.

model.addExtrusionCut(part, objects, direction, objectsToCut)
Parameters

  • part – The current part object.

  • list – A list of objects for extrusion.

  • object – A direction of extrusion

  • list – A list of objects to cut from.

Returns

Created object.

Result

The Result of the operation will be an extruded shape:

../_images/extrusion_cut_through_all_result.png

Created Extrusion Cut

See Also a sample TUI Script of Create Extrusion Cut through all objects operation.