How to extrude a surface in a direction (not normal to surface)

OpenR2

I want to drag a surface along a line.
I know its early and its probably right in front of me.....but I tired extrude, loft, and sweep.
What am i missing?

billy2

You can't pick the extrude direction, it's normal to the sketch plane. 

This is a real drag. I use the extrude direction all the time when extruding 3D curves. But since we don't have 3D sketches, I'm not worried about this at this time.

There are many things OS needs in the surfacing arena and I'm willing to wait.

OpenR2

No response means not possible in Onshape?

james_dalessandro195

If I am understanding correctly, using the Transform command and checking the box that says "Copy part" should work.

lana

Extrude of non-planar face is not currently supported by Onshape. As @james_dalessandro195 suggested, you can use copy transform to make a second surface and use both surfaces to split a solid. 

OpenR2

Can I sweep the surfaces it along a straight line? I'll have to try it when I get home.

urs_egger

Had the same issue and solved it with sweeping. Sweep it along a predefined sketch. It is a few steps more than in other CAD but it works out this way.

brucebartlett

I just tried this by transforming the surface and then lofting. Seemed to work. See link

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/df330fd1044bd28e250ee48a/w/d477b9659751fbb72f697a7f/e/6cf43ae1ba3665849da96d21

billy2

You can't pick the extrude direction, it's normal to the sketch plane. 

This is a real drag. I use the extrude direction all the time when extruding 3D curves. But since we don't have 3D sketches, I'm not worried about this at this time.

There are many things OS needs in the surfacing arena and I'm willing to wait.