Basic Operation

Rotational Extrusion

  1. Select the parent part in the part list.

  2. In the top EnSight menu, CreateExtrude

  3. Select Rotation under Extrude by.

  4. Set the # of slices to be created.

  5. Set the Total rotation (degrees) to extrude.

    (Needs to be between -360 and 360)

  6. Set the origin of the rotation axis under Orig..

  7. Set the components (direction cosines) of the rotation general axis under Axis.

  8. Click the Create with selected parts button.

Translational Extrusion

  1. Repeat steps 1. and 2. as above.

  2. Select Translation under Extrude by.

  3. Set the # of slices in the translation direction.

  4. Set the Total translation distance.

  5. Set the X, Y and X components of the Dir. vector.

    And the slice will now become something like the following:


    Tip:  Click on the Advanced toggle for more options.