Extrude > Remove: To Closest

Access: Open this function from one of the following locations:

Remove material by extruding on one or both sides, a closed sketch / composite curve, 3D face or face with tolerant edges, by a given value and direction.

In this option, extrude to the closest faces of an active object, according to a defined direction.

Important: When using this function, material will be removed only from the current active object. (If only one object exists in the file it is automatically active unless manually deactivated.) See Activate / Deactivate and Activating Objects.

Note: For Add and Remove operations you can use wires or faces from a non-activated component (external reference).

Demo: Press the button below to view a short movie demonstrating the function:

Practice: Press the button below to open Cimatron with a practice ELT file similar to that used to create the movie (if the relevant feature already exists in the ELT file, you can either edit it or delete it and create a new feature).


For information regarding the steps in this function and for parameter explanations, see Extrude: Options and Results.

Required Step 1

Selected entity.

Required Step 2

Choose One Side if you want to extrude on one side of the contour. The default direction is normal to the 2D contour or sketch plane. You can flip the direction by clicking the arrow head or body, or you can click on the arrow origin to set another direction.

Toggle One Side to Both Sides to extrude to the closest faces on either side.

One Side result:

Both Sides result:

 

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