Push/pull expansion

[edwardskeegan]

Hi sorry I'm not totally sure how to explain this issue but ill try my best. I'm using the push/pull tool to create 3D objects from a 2D shape. I have a rectangle that I'm simply trying to turn into a rectangular prism, but when I do the surface I'm extruding gets bigger than the original rectangle I drew. 

 

[Jonathan Pickup]

I find push/pull much easier to use in a 3D view. You'll probably find that your rectangle is growing up in 3D but you are in a 3-D perspective view, so it appears to be getting wider.

 

[mike m oz]

6 hours ago, edwardskeegan said:

I have a rectangle that I'm simply trying to turn into a rectangular prism

If you want to taper to a single point use the menu command Tapered Extrude (Model menu) and enter the taper angle you want.

 

If you want to taper to a single line top edge then draw a line where you want that to be, then select the line and rectangle and use the menu command Multiple Extrude (Model menu) and give it the height you want.  

 

There are other ways to do both, but these are the simplest way to do it.