#Extrude

Key E; straight to a cut — Q.

Select one or more sketch outlines, set the operation and the height above, press Enter.

#The operation matters more than it looks

• Add — material appears.
• Cut — material is removed.
• Intersect — only the common part stays.

This is one command with three modes, not three different tools. That is why “Extrude” and “Cut” are a single button: they share the fields, the preview and the timeline node.

#Several outlines — one node

Select three outlines and you get one feature with three profiles, not three features. That matters: editing reopens all three at once, and deleting removes the whole operation without breaking the part.

Nested outlines (an outline inside an outline) are handled by themselves: the inner one becomes a hole.

#Direction and depth

The height is a number or a formula. A negative height extrudes the other way.

#See also

• Revolve — when the shape goes around an axis.
• Hole — instead of a circular cut.
• Fillet — what to do once the shape is done.