Have just upgraded to SolidWorks 2008 SP4.0 from SolidWorks 2007 SP5.0 and 
have a question regarding instant 3d.

With instant 3d when I drag a boss in the opposite direction to which it was 
orginally extruded it becomes a cut extrude. Is there a way to keep it as an 
extrude rather than becoming a cut extrude?

I've read through the help and the only way I can find is to drop out of 
instant 3d and edit the feature and flip the direction of the extrude. I was 
hoping that all I had to do was hold down the shift or ctrl key and then 
drag the instant 3d handle to produce an extrude in the other direction, no 
such luck am I missing something?

John Layne
www.solidengineering.co.nz




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On 14 Sep, 05:45, "John Layne" <JohnMINUS-THE-
S...@SolidEngineering.co.nz> wrote:
> Have just upgraded to SolidWorks 2008 SP4.0 from SolidWorks 2007 SP5.0 and
> have a question regarding instant 3d.
>
> With instant 3d when I drag a boss in the opposite direction to which it was
> orginally extruded it becomes a cut extrude. Is there a way to keep it as an
> extrude rather than becoming a cut extrude?
>
> I've read through the help and the only way I can find is to drop out of
> instant 3d and edit the feature and flip the direction of the extrude. I was
> hoping that all I had to do was hold down the shift or ctrl key and then
> drag the instant 3d handle to produce an extrude in the other direction, no
> such luck am I missing something?
>
> John Laynewww.solidengineering.co.nz
>
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No John

That's the way it works.....extrude in one direction and cut extrude
in the other direction

// Krister

"Krister_L" <krister_landkvist@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On 14 Sep, 05:45, "John Layne" <JohnMINUS-THE-
> S...@SolidEngineering.co.nz> wrote:
>> Have just upgraded to SolidWorks 2008 SP4.0 from SolidWorks 2007 SP5.0 
>> and
>> have a question regarding instant 3d.
>>
>> With instant 3d when I drag a boss in the opposite direction to which it 
>> was
>> orginally extruded it becomes a cut extrude. Is there a way to keep it as 
>> an
>> extrude rather than becoming a cut extrude?
>>
>> I've read through the help and the only way I can find is to drop out of
>> instant 3d and edit the feature and flip the direction of the extrude. I 
>> was
>> hoping that all I had to do was hold down the shift or ctrl key and then
>> drag the instant 3d handle to produce an extrude in the other direction, 
>> no
>> such luck am I missing something?
>>
>> John Laynewww.solidengineering.co.nz
>>
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>> n...@netfront.net --
>
>
> No John
>
> That's the way it works.....extrude in one direction and cut extrude
> in the other direction
>
> // Krister

Thanks for the answer, not the answer I was hoping for!

I often draw the sketch on the face/plane that I need to extrude from to 
capture the design intent. Being able to easlily toggle whether it is an 
extrude or cut seems like an easy and obvious option for SolidWorks to 
include.

John Layne
www.solidengineering.co.nz




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