3 \page extrusion_page Extrusion
5 \n Extrusion is used to build mesh elements of plus one
6 dimension than the input ones. Any line or planar element can be
7 extruded. Line elements will extrude into quadrilateral plane elements.
8 Triangular and Quadrilateral plane elements extrude into Pentahedron
9 and Hexahedron solids respectively.
11 <em>To use extrusion:</em>
13 <li>From the \b Modification menu choose the \b Extrusion item or click
14 <em>"Extrusion"</em> button in the toolbar.
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17 <center><em>"Extrusion" button</em></center>
19 The following dialog box will appear:
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26 <li>In this dialog box you should select:
28 <li>the type of elements which will be extruded (1D or 2D),</li>
29 <li>specify the IDs of the elements which will be extruded by
30 selecting them in the 3D viewer or select the whole mesh or
32 <li>specify the vector along which the elements will be extruded,</li>
33 <li>number of steps.</li>
35 <li> <b>Generate Groups</b> checkbox allows copying the groups of
36 elements of the source mesh to the newly created one. </li>
39 <li>Click the \b Apply or \b OK button.</li>
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46 <br><b>See Also</b> a sample TUI Script of an
47 \ref tui_extrusion "Extrusion" operation.