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86 <h1>Extrusion along a path</h1>
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88 <p>In principle, Extrusion along a path works in the same way as Extrusion,
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89 the main difference is that we define not a vector, but a path of extrusion
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90 which must be a meshed edge or wire. To get an idea of how this algorithm
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91 works, let's see the left image, where we have a 1D circle edge and a
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92 2D hexagon to be extruded along this path (in the picture they are angular
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93 because we show the wireframe of the mesh). And now let's see the right
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94 image, showing the result of the operation. </p>
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111 <p> </p>
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115 <p class=TODO>To use Extrusion along a path:</p>
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117 <p class="whs8">1. From the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Modification
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118 </B></span>menu choose the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Extrusion along
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119 a path </B></span>item or click <img src="image101.gif" width="27px" height="24px" border="0" class="img_whs9"> button in the toolbar. The
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120 following dialog box will appear:</p>
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122 <p class="whs8"> </p>
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124 <p class=TODO><img src="pics/a-extusionalongapath2.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="434px" height="541px" border="0" class="img_whs10"></p>
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126 <p class="whs8"> </p>
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128 <p class="whs8">2. In the dialog box you should </p>
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130 <ul type="disc" class="whs11">
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132 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs12">select the type of
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133 elements which will be extruded (1D or 2D),</p></li>
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135 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs12">specify the IDs of
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136 the elements which will be extruded by selecting them in the 3D viewer
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137 or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select the whole mesh, submesh or
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138 grou</B></span>p,</p></li>
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140 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs12">specify the path along
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141 which the elements will be extruded, for this you should specify the <span
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142 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Mesh</B></span>, the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Shape</B></span>,
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143 and the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Start point</B></span> for the extrusion.
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147 <p class="whs8"> </p>
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149 <p class="whs8">3. There are two optional parameters, which
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150 can be very useful.</p>
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152 <ul type="disc" class="whs11">
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154 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs12">If the path of extrusion
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155 is curvilinear, at each iteration the extruded shape is rotated to keep
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156 its initial angularity to the curve. By default, the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Base
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157 point</B></span> around which the shape is rotated is the mass center of the
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158 shape, however, you can specify any point as the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Base
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159 Point</B></span> and the shape will be rotated with respect to this point.</p></li>
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161 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs12">The shape can also
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162 be rotated around the path to get the resulting mesh in a helical fashion.
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163 At the picture above we see both "oblique-angled" and "right-angled"
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164 mesh elements because <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Rotation Angles</B></span>
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165 have not been set for all iterations. You set the values of the angles
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166 at the right and add them to the list of angles at the left by pressing
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167 the <img src="image105.gif" width="26px" height="25px" border="0" class="img_whs13"> button and remove the values from the list by pressing
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168 the <img src="image106.gif" width="29px" height="28px" border="0" class="img_whs14"> button. </p></li>
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171 <p class="whs8">4. Click the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Apply
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172 </B></span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK </B></span>button.</p>
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174 <p class="whs8"> </p>
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176 <p> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>See
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177 Also</B></span> a sample TUI Script of an <a href="modifying_meshes.htm#bookmark10">Extrusion
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178 along a Path</a> operation. </p>
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