Offsetting or Extruding Faces

1. Select the Pull tool in the Edit group on the Design tab. The Select tool guide on the right side of the Design window should be active.

2. Select the face or surface you want to offset or extrude.

   You can select multiple surfaces and faces of solids to offset or extrude them simultaneously.

3. (Optional) Add edges to your selection.

   Select the edges of the face that you want to extrude when you pull. (Any unselected edges are defined by the neighboring geometry during the pull, creating an offset instead of an extrusion.)

4. (Optional) Select the Direction tool guide , then click the straight line, axis, or edge if you want to offset or extrude in a different direction.

   You can also Alt+click a straight line, axis, plane, origin axis, or edge. Sometimes SpaceClaim guesses your intent incorrectly when you Alt+click the direction line. If this happens, just use the Direction tool guide to correct it.

   The pull direction is shown in blue and the pull arrow is reoriented.

5. Click and drag the face in the direction of the Pull arrow.

   Dragging a:	Does this:
   Solid face	Offsets the face in its natural offset direction
   Solid face and all its edges	Creates an extrusion
   Surface face	Thickens or thins the face
   Corner edge of a solid	Creates a round, chamfer, or extrusion, depending on the selected option
   Round or chamfer	Offsets the round or chamfer
   Variable round	Uniformly offsets the variable round
   Cylinder, torus, or cone	Offsets the cylinder, torus, or cone

   To dimension the offset, type the distance you want to pull and press Enter.

   Press and hold Ctrl to offset a copy of the face as a surface.

   Neighboring faces automatically extend to bound the offset face.

   You can also use the Up To tool guide to pull up to any edge, plane, surface, or face in your design. If you pull a round, chamfer, or cylinder with the Up To tool guide, and pull up to similar geometry, the radius or offset is changed to the dimension of the Up To face you select.

The common pull options are described in Pull Options. Once you select the edge or face to pull, select these options from the Options panel, or right-click and select them from the mini-toolbar:

Examples

Selecting a face to offset	Selecting a face and edges to extrude
Selecting a face and edges, and setting a direction to extrude in a direction	Pulling an inner cylindrical surface up to an outer surface to create a solid ring