To Create an Extruded Segment
1. Click Model > Extrude. The Extrude tab opens.
2. Make sure that the Type is set to Solid.
3. Make sure that Remove Material for removing material is not selected.
4. The Placement tab is open by default.
To edit an existing sketch, click Unlink to break the association with the sketch. An internal sketch is created using a copy of the sketch. Create a sketch and click OK.
When a sketch does not exist, click Define and set references. Create a sketch and click OK.
5. Under Depth, select one of the following options and if required, set a value for each side.
Variable—Extrudes a section from the sketching plane by a specified angle.
Symmetric—Extrudes a section on each side of the sketching plane by half of the specified angle in each direction.
To Reference—Extrudes a section to a selected point, plane, or surface.
6. To flip the depth direction, click .
7. To create an extruded cut, click Remove Material. Click to flip the side where material is removed.
8. For a first segment, under Settings type a value in the box, or accept the default value. Click to change the side the thickness is added.
9. Click Options. The Options tab opens. Select a Depth option and a value for each side, if required. Set the following board-specific options:
Click Add bends on sharp edges to round sharp edges when the sketch includes nontangent geometry. Set the value of the radius and the location for dimensioning the radius.
Click Set driving surface opposite sketch plane to flip the driving surface. Use this option when the segment is not a first segment.
Click Merge to model to merge the segment with intersecting segments.
To keep the new segment edges from merging with existing intersecting segments, click Keep merged edges.
Click Keep edges of bends to keep edges between new geometry and bends on existing geometry.
Click Do not merge to model to keep the segment as a distinct piece.
Click Set driving surface opposite sketch plane to set the driving surface to the opposite side of the sketch plane.
10. To set a feature specific bend allowance, click Bend Allowance.
11. Click .