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Extruding in the correct plane
positronicman
Member Posts: 1 ✭
Hello, total newb here who is just learning Onshape from the ground up.
What I want to do: I am trying to design what amounts to a fan housing. I have the outer ring done and am trying to add cross pieces so that I can mount the fan itself (imagine a circle with an 'x' across it).
How I am trying to do it: I am sketching lines to form the 'x' on the top edge of the ring. I want to do a symmetric surface extrude to give my intersecting lines some dimensionality in the x/y.
What is going wrong: After 30-45 minutes futzing, I can still only get my lines to extrude along the z dimension.
Please help.
What I want to do: I am trying to design what amounts to a fan housing. I have the outer ring done and am trying to add cross pieces so that I can mount the fan itself (imagine a circle with an 'x' across it).
How I am trying to do it: I am sketching lines to form the 'x' on the top edge of the ring. I want to do a symmetric surface extrude to give my intersecting lines some dimensionality in the x/y.
What is going wrong: After 30-45 minutes futzing, I can still only get my lines to extrude along the z dimension.
Please help.
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lougallo
Member, Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 2,001 
@positronicman Currently the extrude command applies thickness normal to the sketch plane. If you want to extrude in a different vector direction you can use sweep which would require a profile and path. If you are trying to take something none planar and give it thickeness you could use thicken and select a surface. Many ways to do it but an image to set the stage would be helpful:
Lou Gallo / PD/UX - Support - Community / Onshape, Inc.5
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