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4.
In a
ViewCube/Top
view, move the pline to lie central to the cylinder.
5.
Place the screen in a
ViewCube/Isometric view
.
6.
Click
the
Extrude faces
tool icon in the
Home/Solid Editing
panel
(Fig. 18.1). The command line shows:
Command: _solidedit
Solids editing automatic checking: SOLIDCHECK=1
Enter a solids editing option [Face/Edge/Body/
Undo/eXit] <eXit>: _face
Enter a face editing option
[Extrude/Move/Rotate/Offset/Taper/Delete/Copy/
coLor/mAterial/Undo/eXit] <eXit>: _extrude
Select faces or [Undo/Remove]: pick the cylinder 2
faces found.
Select faces or [Undo/Remove/ALL]: enter r right-
click
Remove faces or [Undo/Add/ALL]: right-click
Specify height of extrusion or [Path]: enter
p (Path)right-click
Select extrusion path: pick the left-hand path
pline
Solid validation started.
Solid validation completed.
Enter a face editing option [Extrude/Move/Rotate/
Offset/Taper/Delete/Copy/coLor/mAterial/Undo/
eXit] <eXit>: right-click
Command:
7.
Repeat the operation using the pline at the other end of the cylinder as a
path.
8.
Add lights and a material and render the 3D model (Fig. 18.3).
N o t e
Note the prompt line which includes the statement
SOLIDCHECK
=
1
.
If the variable
SOLIDCHECK
is set on (to
1
) the prompt lines include
the lines
SOLIDCHECK
=
1
,
Solid validation started
and
Solid
validation completed
. If set to
0
these two lines do not show.
Path -
a pline
Extruded hexagon
of height 1 unit
Second example - Extrude faces tool ( Fig. 18.5 )
Fig. 18.4
Second
example - Extrude
faces tool - pline for
path
1.
Construct a hexagonal extrusion just
1
unit high in the
ViewCube/Top
.
2.
Change to the
ViewCube/Front
and construct the curved pline (Fig. 18.4).
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