Hello, I wonder if I can adjust the settings when I extrude a line that the direction is related to the World coordinates and not to the Mouse position. like it was in Rhino 5. As it is now it is not convenient since I work with many curves and do not know which direction they are going because I…

No, unfortunately no more. if i type a negative intergarer it goes the negative side of my mouse

[image] ddaniel187: If you specify a direction by typing either an negative or positive interager doesn’t this dictate the direction of an extrusion? It did in V5. It was changed in V6. In the case of V5, it was somewhat arbitrary as you actually had no idea which way the extrusion of a clo…

Ah - haaa I haven’t yet updated to V6 which explains my non familiarity with this. Yes I can see what you mean there. I guess the decision to make it this way was probably best. BUT it would be really convenient (workflow wise) if you could as NK is suggesting specify extrusion length and directi…

Thanks for the clear answer. Unfortunately, for me it is a negative change. For me it was always clear wich direction it was going as we work around X axis (+X is always forward and -Y Always to Port side. +Z going up) and for the angled parts we zoom in to check. So there not a possibility to swi…

[image] nk1: So there not a possibility to switch between the 2 options? No, unfortunately not. However, if you don’t need previews, a scripted solution that would act more or less like V5 can probably be crafted without too much effort.

I don’t see how i can script this? Or do i need to make a script and ad it to al the functions? PS: If i use the move function it will act the same (related to the mouse) But when i use move “sub vertical” its not related any more to the mouse. But to the world.

[image] nk1: I don’t see how i can script this? Or do i need to make a script and ad it to al the functions? This would be a script (Python or Rhinoscript), not a macro. With a macro it’s not possible. How much work it would be to write the script depends on how you are going to use it and …

Hmm So you mean that i need to script/ rewrite the extrude, offset, Move, etc, functions with all its sub options as we use them all. Well Thanx for the fast responses. I will try to make some scripts when i have some free time.

sorry to pop this old topic back alive… currently i try the mac-version, i hope this behaviour is consistent between mac and pc. working with a large project, the concept for extrude direction feels not very intuitive. especially as _extrudeCrv and _box → 3Points have different concepts. (and _b…

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If you specify a direction by typing either an negative or positive interager doesn’t this dictate the direction of an extrusion?

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