Extend Surface

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You can extend a surface by selecting an edge, multiple edges, or a face.

To extend a surface:

  1. Click Extended Surface art\srf_exnd.gif on the Surfaces toolbar or click Insert, Surface, Extend.

  2. In the PropertyManager:

    1. Under Edges/Faces to Extend, select one or more edges or faces in the graphics area for Selected Face/Edges .

For edges, the surface extends along the plane of the edge. For faces, the surface extends along all edges of the face except those connected to another face.

You can propagate extended surfaces to tangent faces by clicking the Propagate callout which appears only if you select edges.

Extend edge using Same surface as the Extension Type.

Extend edge using Linear as the Extension Type.

Extend surface using the face as the Edges/Faces to Extend and Same surface as the Extension Type.

  1. Click OK .

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