AutoCAD Inventor :: Extrude So That End Gets Thinner?

Aug 20, 2012

I'm using the extrude tool so that the rectangle that I'm extruding (downwards) will taper (and become thinner at the bottom). However, when I do this, even as a fraction (.01) it seems to get bigger at the bottom. How do I make it thinner at the bottom, not bigger?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Extrude To Length

Sep 4, 2013

I'm making a tube that is connected on another tube. I did this by skeleton modeling, for my tube extrusion i used Extrude To surface.

Is there any way to get the length of that extrude?

 I know its possible to get the sweep length like this. Is there a way to get the extrude length as well?

'Set a reference to the active part document

Dim oDoc As PartDocument oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
Dim oDef As PartComponentDefinition oDef = oDoc.ComponentDefinition
Dim opath As Path opath = oDef.Features.SweepFeatures.Item("TheSweep").Path
Dim TotalLength As Double TotalLength = 0

[Code]....

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Cannot Extrude 2D Shape

Oct 10, 2011

I cannot extrude a 2D shape that is drawn by lines.It appears to be linked but is not .I can see the problem saying not a closed loop or a constraint but don't know how to fix it.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Extrude External Hex?

Jul 30, 2012

I drew a round part and want to cut a hex on an external feature. I have done before but for some reason that escapes me it always seems difficult....

How can do this more easily?

Inventor 2014 PDS

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Can't Extrude Or Cut On Model

Oct 17, 2013

So I started on this project recently and was not the original modeler.  This section of pipe has some problems where I'm guessing a sweep went wrong.  I've tried everything I know to do to try to fix this section but haven't had any luck.

- This model has no tree and is shown as one soild "base"

- I tried to extrude cut the bad section

- I tried spliting the bad section

- I exported the file as an IGES and then tried to remove bad section

I'm sure there are some other round about ways I tried that I can't think of but in the end nothing has worked.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Trying To Extrude To A Surface

Aug 13, 2013

I was watching on of the "Sales" videos on Autodesk.com.  I saw them extruding a part surface to another surface of an imported part.  I have a need to do this.  When I try to extrude my part, I cant pick the surface that I need it to go to.

The video I am watching is here.  Its titled "Native Translators".  They show the surface being extruded at about the 0:53 mark.

The problem that I have is while working in the assembly, I double click on my part to edit it in the assembly.  Next I chose Extrude and "To Next", but I am unable to pick the surface I need it to go to.  The surface is in another part that is in the assembly.  The part I am trying to extrude is adaptive, like in the video.

I did notice that in the video, when they pick the "to Next", the add/cut/intersect is greyed out.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Extrude Cut From 3D Sketch

Jan 9, 2013

I know my subject is somewhat mis-named, because I gather that you cannot really extrude from a 3D sketch, however I am looking for a way to accomplish what extruding a cut from a 3D sketch would accomplish.

The problem is this: I have a simple 2D sketch that I've projected onto a curved surface (imagine a square projected onto the outside of a hollow cylinder). Now that I have a 3D sketch on the surface of the cylinder, I want to use that sketch as a "cookie cutter" through one wall of the cylinder.

If I were to simply extrude the cut from the 2D sketch, the "cookie" is wider at the edges than at the center. I want the cut to be perpendicular to the projected 3D sketch at all points. 

I've attached a simple example that illustrates my problem.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Extrude Though Various Diameters

Jul 12, 2013

how i can extrude as shown in attached PDF.

Ive tried offset plane, sketch and extrude through all, but nothing seem to work.

The diameters im trying to extrude through are Ø177.4 to Ø141.7.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Unable To Extrude

Apr 19, 2012

I can't extrude this piece. I know i have loops but i don't know where and how to fix them!

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Unable To Extrude Sketch?

Mar 28, 2012

Sometimes after I have created a sketch I can not extrude it, sometimes it wont let me click on the profile, other times it will only let me cut away material not add it like I would like.  I am sure it has something to do with something fundamental I am doing wrong within the sketch, but I am not sure what. 

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Extrude Round Stud

May 14, 2013

Right now I am trying to model a concrete embed plate. The design calls for 1/2" round steel embeds at the contour of the line in the attached image. What is the best way to extrude this line into a 1/2" DIA dowel? I have tried the revolve command and sweep command without any luck... I know the sweep command would probably work the best but I can't seem to draw a 1/2" dia circle perpendicular to the line.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Can't Extrude Geometry Text

Jul 7, 2013

I'm fairly new to the world of CAD, and I was just working on a phone case for my friend when I tried to extrude geometry text, but couldn't because the OK and Apply options were greyed out. I tried embossing and making a hole, but they were greyed out for them too. I tried messing with the settings to see if I could fix it, but I still couldn't. I'm really confused right now, I remember doing something similar for a case I made for myself.?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Extrude To Conical Parts

Nov 11, 2013

I am creating a fan wheel (see attached). The fan blade needs to be extruded to the inside surface of a 2 piece cone assembly. To make it even more difficult, the inner portion of the blade needs to be cut at an angle so that the extrusion ends at the cones. See attached pdf reference sketch. The result for the flat pattern blade edge should be two parabolic curves.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Use Sketch From A Template For Second Extrude?

Jun 15, 2013

I'm using a template file (part with just a drawing in it) for the basis of a few parts.

In one of these parts I use the template sketch for an extrude. After that I would like to use it again for some other extrude.

But I can not reference the drawing again. Normally I can 'share'a sketch. But somehow a sketch from a template file can not be shared. How can I use the template sketch for a second extrude?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Cut Lofted Flange From Extrude

Oct 18, 2011

I created this flange and I need to cut it from the extruded tube, but I'm having some trouble.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Extrude Cut Multiple Solids?

Jan 15, 2013

Is there any way in inventor to use one extrude cut feature on two different solids at the same time?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Extrude Bidirectional Limits

Nov 2, 2011

Extrude command is great, no doubt. But, I wish it was possible to extrude bidirectional. One side to a specific value & the other side up-to-next.

Inventor Professional 2013
Vault Collaboration 2013

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Can't Extrude In Assemble Drawing

Apr 4, 2013

Can’t extrude in assemble drawing in inventor when I draw a sketch and finish sketch

And try to extrude the sketch it extrudes but only in cut mode  it is the only button that is working the rest are all faded out.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Extrude IGS Files In 2012

Dec 27, 2011

I wonder if I can extrude a .igs file in inventor 2012. I had been trying with the thicken/offset feature but it didn't work, the program get stucked when I use this tool. The thing is I am trying to convert a surface to solid with volume.

I attached the  .ipt  file(compressed as .rar) where I opened the .igs file to work on it.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Depth Of Extrude Feature

Nov 30, 2012

I want to query the depth of an extrude feature in a model from a drawing file - I've got access to the feature from the drawing file, but I'm struggling to find the correct method to query the extrude depth.

I can see I can get Faces / StartFaces / EndFaces from which I could do some evaluation on - however, StartFaces.Count is 0 (not sure why) EndFaces.Count is 1 (seems logical) and Faces.Count is 9 on a simple rectangular extrusion of depth 10mm.

In reality the extrusion could be any shape, any depth and either a set depth or through all.

Am I on the right tracks with evaluating the Faces collections? Or is there an easier way to get the depth ?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Extrude Around A Curved Surface

Apr 27, 2012

I have a cylinder that has for lack of a better word, a zig zaged slot milled into the outside of it thru to the bore. I am unsure how to go about drawing this so I can get it to extrude correctly around the part.

From other cad software history, I could draw it on a straight plane and tell it wrap around the part of whatever diameter. But, since I have not attempted this in Inventor I don't know if this exists.

Just for reference, this is a twist lock device. Turn the cylinder, advance a key the is inside the zig zag advancing or retracting the part that is inside the bore attached to said key.

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AutoCad :: Polylines With Global Widths Plot Thinner Than Those With No Width

Dec 9, 2013

I have a drawing with polylines that have a global width of .2 which are plotting thinner than those with a width of 0. If I uncheck "plot object lineweights" it seems to plot correctly but the lines with 0 width plot so light (or grey) that you can't see the drawing well.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Create Extrude Feature From Sketch?

Aug 22, 2012

Why I cannot create a extrude feature for the sketch3.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Extrude To Different Direction Then Existing Plane?

Jan 27, 2012

I have what I am sure is -not very complicated- part that has a goofy intersecting angle. I have created a plane for this angle to try and do the cutout but it extrudes at the 30 deg, where as I would like to extrude that 30 deg feature at 90 deg. Is this possible?

The RED text says "Currently extruding this way" (30 deg per the plane)

The BLUE text says "Want to extrude this way" (90 deg, in line with the from face basically)

Inventor 2014 PDS

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Import Picture In Autodesk And Extrude It?

Sep 20, 2012

I have a company logo that I would like to make 3D. I am guessing I can't just import a picture and extrude it. But I would like to know at least how to import a picture so I can at least trace it in a sketch and then extrude it. How can I go about that?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Extrude A Ring Formed By Two Circles

Jan 18, 2012

I was trying to extrude a ring formed by two circles with vb.net for a part.

Think I need define the profile with sketch block. If there any sample code shows how to use it? Is there a website like the autocad.net where I can get the sample for the api?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Crashes On Simple Spline Extrude?

Oct 20, 2012

Crashes on a simple extrusion... VERY basic spline...

(When I click extrude... I doubt it's even a complete closed shape yet)

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Insert Surface And Extrude To It Using ILogic

Oct 11, 2012

I’m a design engineer for a company that make press tooling to manufacture parts. I am trying to automate the design process using I logic. I know the basics but the part I’m having trouble with is importing a surface.

Our process is to 3D scan the part which then gets a surface from this and extrude up to the actual surface.

Is there any way in ilogic to automate this process. Ideally I would like it to come up with a browse button you select the surface file .stp or .iges. Once the surface is in the part file it extrudes up to the surface from a plane.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Unable To Extrude Sketch Profiles

Mar 23, 2012

I made a sketch. In order to make a hole in the middle of the "triangle", I had to create a tangent circle based on the triangle edges. And then make a new circle (to be the hole I need) and constrain it to the first tangent circle.

This way, if I change the size of the triangle, the hole I need (the inner one) will always stay in the middle of the triangle.

Anyway, when I try to extrude the different profiles of my sketch, something strange happens. As soon as I select the middle circle (not the inner one), 2 of the side outbreak's lose their extrusion.

Second question I have is why did my sketch (except for 2 blue lines) turn from blue to green after fixing loop problems?

(Screenshot’s and sketch file are included.)

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Assembly Extrude Solids Selection

Mar 11, 2013

I can't seem to get the "Solids" selection to become active in the assembly extrude dialog.Is there actually a way to control participants prior to creating the extrude feature?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Extrude All Projected Geometry Automatically?

Feb 7, 2013

I have looked thru the forum and didn't see this question anywhere.  Many times I have to make mounting holes on large assemblies that have a lot of holes to project and extrude.  

Is it possible for the Extrude command to pick all Projected Geometry automatically?  If it looked only specifically for only projected geometry?  It would save so much time instead of having to pick every single projected geometry hole to extrude.

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