About an Extruded Surface

Part Modeling > Base Features > Extrude > Basics of the Extrude Feature > About an Extruded Surface

With the Extrude tool, you can create an extruded surface by extruding a sketched section to a specified depth in the direction normal to the sketching plane.

• Define the depth of the extruded surface using one of these depth options:

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Blind—Extrudes a section from the sketching plane by the specified depth value.

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Symmetric—Extrudes a section on both sides of the sketching plane by half of the specified depth value.

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To Selected—Extrudes a section to one of the following:

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—Extrudes to a selected point, curve, plane, or surface.

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—Extrudes to an offset of a selected point, curve, plane, or surface.

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—Extrudes to a translation of a selected point, curve, plane, or surface.

• An extruded surface can have open or closed ends. To create an extruded surface with a closed volume, select the Capped ends check box on the Options tab to create an additional surface to close off the feature.

The Capped ends option requires a closed section.