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how to extrude a surface up to another surface
jeff_mcaffer
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In spa patio | Part Studio 1 Copy 1 (onshape.com) I have the lower (gold/brown) thicken and the upper (orange) extrude and I'd like to estimate the volume between them. I figured I'd just extrude one up to the other but the Extrude feature does not seem to let me pick the lower (thicken) as a "face" to extrude up. If I use the upper as the face to extrude down, picking the lower gives an error when used as the "upto" part. (see Extrude 12).
I know the two surfaces do not have an exactly matching permitter but hope that's not the issue (don't see how I can make them align 100%). I also noted that you can't extrude any element of the thickened surface so it seems I've done something basic incorrectly with the thicken? Should a thickened part be just like any other part and have faces?
Help?
I know the two surfaces do not have an exactly matching permitter but hope that's not the issue (don't see how I can make them align 100%). I also noted that you can't extrude any element of the thickened surface so it seems I've done something basic incorrectly with the thicken? Should a thickened part be just like any other part and have faces?
Help?
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eric_pesty Member Posts: 1,786 PROExtrude 12 is failing because the "terrain" doesn't cover the entire area so in some places it has nowhere to "stop". Add a "move boundary" before you thicken (or I don't even know if you need the thicken at all?) so that the terrain is larger and it works:
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eric_pesty Member Posts: 1,786 PROjeff_mcaffer said:Oh. We'll there's that. It's there another feature that projects a perimeter and fills the inside? I guess you could put a plane in the middle and extrude both ways upto the surfaces. That would also allow you to define the angle of the edges (by tilting the plane).
Thanks again. Super helpful.0
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Thanks again. Super helpful.