2D Extrusions on AutoCAD

[SirLancelot]

How does one extrude 2D figures on AutoCAD? I'm very new at this.

[Mike Betts]

Originally Posted by SirLancelot

How does one extrude 2D figures on AutoCAD? I'm very new at this.

Click modify->solids editing->extrude faces (in ACAD 2000). The only tricky part is that the surface is defined by an unbroken polyline. Refer to the Help button in ACAD to learn more about this...

[Tytus Gerrish]

PEDIT-
follow instructions
you want to JOIN-
then when you have a complete 2d Figure

EXTRUDE-
Select the object
and say how much you want to extrude it. Say 10"

[Squirrelrock]

Originally Posted by SirLancelot

How does one extrude 2D figures on AutoCAD? I'm very new at this.

First, you must have a region to extrude. The region command can be used to create the region(s) that you wish to extrude. To region lines/plines/splines, there must be an unbroken perimeter to use as the base for the region.

Once the object is regioned, then you extrude using the command of the same name, and follow the instructions in the command line:

select the object(s) to be extruded, hit enter
type in the height of extrusion, in the base units of the drawing, hit enter, or goto <path>
put in the taper angle that you wish to be used in the extrusion, hit enter
<path> to select the path option, you must first have a line or pline to extrude along, and then do the extrude command. Select the object to extrude, enter, p(ath), enter, click on the path, enter

Hope this helps!

Squirrel
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[Lucid]

The path option is a great feature of autocad. You can do ment tubes or wire type things by drawing out a spline as a path. Also, Make sure that when you extrude that the UCS XY plane is parrallel to the closed poly that you are extruding