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: SURFACE : Design:ExtrudeShortcut
: NoneThis command creates a surface by extruding all of the projection curves in the target element the given distance along the projection direction. The projection direction is implied from the type of projection curve set e.g. X projections project along the direction of the X-axis.
A parameter box appears requesting the start and end distances of the extrusion. The default values are set by DeskArtes so that the created surface will be slightly (1.2 times) longer than all the other surfaces in the model.
Another option is whether the extruded surface(s) should be capped at the ends by adding a flat surface, in effect, closing the surface. If you were to extrude a circle without end caps the result would be a tube. If you requested end caps the result would look like a solid bar. This option only applies to closed projection section curves.
As a side effect of extruding, all previous surfaces and faceted models within the element will be assumed to be redundant and they will be deleted.