Extrude not working as expected.

Duikert

To find my test project, search for: Extrude test by Kung

Normally Extrude works fine. Click all parts, and it Extrudes
In this project i use a table from where you can add more or less X and Y bars.

And so, in Extrude in Faces ans sketch regions to extrude i choose: Faces of Sketch 1. There is only one Sketch. Of course i choose Faces of Sketch 1, because Sketch 1 is dynamic. So, whatever appears in Sketch 1, it have to extrude.

But that doesnt work as you can see in the drawing. As soon as a wall hits another wall, the extrude stops.Well, at least it looks like that.

Can anybody tell me what i do wrong?

MichaelPascoe

There are a few different ways to do this. It will depend on whether or not you want to merge everything or keep the parts separate.

Method A: While inside the sketch, you can use the trim tool and free up those intersections so that the sketch has one closed region to think about.

Method B: Create two sketches. Extrude them both at the same time.

Method C: Manually select each face to extrude instead of selecting the sketch from the feature tree. For those reading this who don't know, selecting the sketch from the feature tree will allow the tree to rebuild dynamically without you having to re-select sketches even when the sketch changes shape completely.

Duikert

Problem solved!

Thanks for your answere. Method A and C are unusable for me. Because boht needs actions by hand. And i want to have everything automatic. Method B works, but it creates a lit of parts. So what i did do was create 2 sketches,m and 2 extrudes. Now everythinh works exacly is i want.

Thanks for your help.

MichaelPascoe

There are a few different ways to do this. It will depend on whether or not you want to merge everything or keep the parts separate.

Method A: While inside the sketch, you can use the trim tool and free up those intersections so that the sketch has one closed region to think about.

Method B: Create two sketches. Extrude them both at the same time.

Method C: Manually select each face to extrude instead of selecting the sketch from the feature tree. For those reading this who don't know, selecting the sketch from the feature tree will allow the tree to rebuild dynamically without you having to re-select sketches even when the sketch changes shape completely.

Duikert

Problem solved!

Thanks for your answere. Method A and C are unusable for me. Because boht needs actions by hand. And i want to have everything automatic. Method B works, but it creates a lit of parts. So what i did do was create 2 sketches,m and 2 extrudes. Now everythinh works exacly is i want.

Thanks for your help.

Duikert

Problem solved!

@MichaelPascoe, thanks for your answere. Method A and C are unusable for me. Because boht needs actions by hand. And i want to have everything automatic. Method B works, but it creates a lit of parts. So what i did do was create 2 sketches,m and 2 extrudes. Now everythinh works exacly is i want.

Thanks for your help.

eric_pesty

A fourth option that might be more flexible and robust in the long run would be to use variables and individual features with patterns to get your end result.
I.e. have the sketch only have one bar and and pattern the extruded bar a varying number of times…

Duikert

@eric_pesty,
That is what i did now. It works excelent.

Duikert