Philip Hack Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Hi All, Total newbie here. I've created a shape and would like to extrude it and taper it for machining. I'm attaching the file (it's VWX 2019) and an image of the profile I am trying to achieve. I have lots of questions. It seems like I have to somehow segment the shape so I can taper my extrusion by pushing and pulling a face on an angle. Right now, I can't even extrude the shape. As far as I can tell it's just a.......shape. When I try the extrude menu I get the following error, shown below. I've watched some tutorials and searched google, but can't find an answer to my simple extrusion problem, let alone what I'm going to do afterwards to actually try and taper it. Anyone have any pointers/help to share? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Philip Hack Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 Here's the file I have created... Utensil Outline FInal Extrude test.vwx Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 You have already extruded the object, but with zero extrusion depth. Just change the value in the Extra: field in the Object Info Palette (OIP). You will also want to set the attributes for the object to have a Solid fill instead of None or else you will only get the edges with nothing between. Quote Link to comment
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