REVIEW

QUIZ NO. 3
Creating 3D forms from 2D
Shapes
USING EXTRUDE OPTIONS
 Extrude genenerates a 3D solid from
an object that encloses an area, or a
3D surface from an object with open
ends.

1. Extrude along

Direction- You can
change the direction of
an extrusion by
specifying 2 points of
the direction. You can
do this by creating a
line from where you
can select the two
reference points.
2. Extrude Along a Path-
By using this option you can
create extruded geometry
along a path as well. The
path can be created using an
arc, line, polyline or spline
and it can even be made
away from the geometry. In
this case, also the path
should not be on the same or
parallel plane of the
geometry with which
extrusion is being made.
3. Extrude Using Taper Angle-
You can taper the extruded object
with respect to the axis
perpendicular to the plane of the
geometry. The positive value of
taper angle makes taper inside the
profile & negative makes it outside
and all faces are tapered equally
with respect to the vertical axis.
Specifying large angle may cause
faces or loop of the object to meet
at a point before reaching extrude
height so try to add appropriate
value to the taper angle of
extrusion.
4. Extrude Using Expression-
You can even use expressions for
the height of extrusion. then select
Expression option from
the command line. Enter an
expression like this 400/2 or 2*2
and press enter. AutoCAD will
calculate the final output and apply
the height according to the
expression.
5. Extrude Text –
There is no direct method to extrude
text in AutoCAD. In order to extrude
text, we need to first convert it into
drawing entities by exploding it. Use
TXTEXP command which is also
known as Text Explode command for
exploding text in the drawing.
After Exploding the text use
OVERKILL command to remove
redundant geometries from
the exploded text. Join the text
geometry wherever required then
apply extrude command on it. The
Image shown below shows text
extruded after making changes as
mentioned above.
Activity No.3