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Need help with extruding Sketch

micheael_nicolmicheael_nicol Member Posts: 2 ✭
in Community Support


Hello,

I am trying to extrude the shape above. The shape is made up of lines which are supposed to represent cables on the golden gate bridge. The issue is that It is not allowing me to extrude the lines and I am not sure what to do.

I tried then offsetting all the lines on the shape as seen in the second picture. This worked only for the arches and not the lines themselves. I am not sure why it is not allowing me to extrude my offset lines, since they should now be boxes. Any ideas?

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/f919588e517d6b5830a07215/w/da759847dfebbb8b7e0dc7ed/e/6a75e17a9e4624a6ff409adb

Answers

  • NeilCookeNeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,778
    You can only extrude lines into Surfaces (see option at top of Extrude dialog) - for a solid there needs to be an enclosed (shaded) area in the sketch.
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA
  • EvanReeseEvanReese Member, Mentor Posts: 2,236 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You can extrude the surface, like you're showing, then use the Thicken command to make it solid.
    Evan Reese
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