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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

To use Extrude Object

1. Select a Face object and click the
Extrude Object edit button.

2. In the Extrude Object dialog, specify
the Extrusion Delta, which is the direc-
tion and distance that the object is
extruded.
• Specify the distances that the object
should extrude in the directions of each
of the three axes. • Select X-Axis to revolve the object
around a line that runs parallel to the X
3. Click OK. Axis in the current plan. The object
will revolve in the Y and Z axes.
Revolve Object • Select Y-Axis to revolve the object

The Revolve Object edit tool allows around a line that runs parallel to the Y
you to produce a Solid object by Axis in the current plan. The object
will revolve in the X and Z axes.
extruding a selected Face object around • Select Z-Axis to revolve the object
an axis or point that you specify.
around a line that runs parallel to the Z
Axis in the current plan. The object
To use Revolve Object
will revolve in the X and Y axes.
1. Select a Face object and click the • Select User Defined to define the axis
around which the object will revolve.
Revolve Object edit button.
2. In the Revolve Object dialog, specify The Axis of Rotation cannot be normal,
the Axis of Rotation, which determines or perpendicular, to the plane of the
the direction that the object will rotate. selected Face object. If it is, a warning mes-
The Axis of Rotation is a line that is per- sage will display and the object will not be
pendicular to the direction in which the revolved.
object will rotate.
3. When User Defined is selected, the X, Y
and Z Direction fields become active.

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