Extruding a surface larger

laurence_moore · June 6, 2022, 10:00am

Hi All. Is there a way to pull one face of an extruded rectangle to make it larger or do I need to make a new 2d rectangle at my new size then extrude that? Many thanks

martinsiegrist · June 6, 2022, 10:20am

You can select a subobject (point, edge, surface) by holding CTRL + SHIFT and a left mouse click, then drag or use the Gumball.

laurence_moore · June 6, 2022, 10:22am

that’s great. Thanks for that. Is it possible to extrude it by a set amount as that method seems to be freehand. Thanks

martinsiegrist · June 6, 2022, 10:25am

I’m usually using the Gumball in Snappy mode. You can click on an arrow and enter the desired distance.

laurence_moore · June 6, 2022, 10:29am

Thanks. Is snappy a gumball setting? I’m not familiar with it, or do you mean grid snap? Thanks

laurence_moore · June 6, 2022, 10:32am

just realised i can type the amount while dragging the gumball. Thanks so much for your help

martinsiegrist · June 6, 2022, 10:32am

It’s a Gumball setting

Not sure how this looks on a mac