OpenBuildings™ Station Designer Help

Extrude Element to Shape(s)

Extrudes an element to a shape. For an element with multiple segments, each segment generates an extruded shape, and the resulting extruded shapes are grouped.

Accessed from:

  • Ribbon: Modeling > Forms > Place Forms > Linear > Linear Element to Shape


SettingDescription
Height Specifies the height of the extruded shape.
Top Defines the creation of the extruded form’s top surface:
  • User Defined — The top is a level plane identified by placing a data point.
  • Fixed Height — The top is extruded to the specified height specified in the Height field.
  • Connect Element — The element is extruded to the point where it connects with a selected shape.
  • Connect 3pts — The element is extruded to the point where it connects with an imaginary plane defined by three data points.
  • Connect 2pts/View — The element is extruded to the point where it connects an imaginary plane, defined by two data points, and perpendicular to the view where the last data point is entered.
Tolerance Controls how many segments comprise a curve: Increasing the value creates fewer segments; decreasing the value creates more segments.
Delete Constructions When on, the element from which the shape is extruded is deleted.
Key-in: TFEXTRUDE LINEAR SHAPEs