Is there an 'extend' command?

[alijahed]

Hi All,

 

Is there any "extend" command in 3D which allows me to extend a line in to a surface of a solid?

 

Cheers

 

Ali

[JBullseye74]

Version of Autocad? 2008 you can just hover your cursor over the surface holding down your ctrl key then push/pull the surface to the desired location.

[ReMark]

An Extend to Solid command? No, there isn't. If you do try AutoCAD replies with: 1 was not a valid edge or selection method.

[nocturne00]

but could this be possible with a LISP routine?

im kinda in need of something like this command

[ReMark]

I could imagine maybe extending to the hard edges of a solid but what if you want to extend to its face or surface? Wouldn't that pose a problem?

[shift1313]

i havent used 08 but in unigraphics there is a project command i use for this opperation. it lets me project a line or any curve onto a surface or solid and it creates a new lines from this. is this truely a straight line you need to project? if so you can make it a plane and slice your solid extract the curve.

[Nellie]

Providing the model and the line are copular you should just be able to use the extend comand.

[alijahed]

Version of Autocad? 2008 you can just hover your cursor over the surface holding down your ctrl key then push/pull the surface to the desired location.

 

thanks for the replies,

 

I don't want the solid extended to the line I want the line extended to the solid surface.

let me explain my problem, actually I solved it with other simple tricks but I always looking for something smart and easy that's why asking.

I have a exploded drawing there is a screw far from a surface. With drawing a line I want to show where the screw is going to touch the surface. Already there is a small guide line in front of the screw so if there was an extend command in this situation I could extend that line to that surface.

 

Cheers

 

Ali

[shift1313]

so you are just making an exploded view and needed a reference line?

[alijahed]

so you are just making an exploded view and needed a reference line?

 

yes, see the attached file.

Drawing2.dwg

[eldon]

One quick and easy way is to take a front view, draw a line along the top edge of the solid, then EXTEND works. Erase the temporary line, and job done.

[alijahed]

One quick and easy way is to take a front view, draw a line along the top edge of the solid, then EXTEND works. Erase the temporary line, and job done.

 

That was cool, so somehow in 2D views of 3Ds we've got Extend command!

 

Cheers

[shift1313]

this is a different software package but it was a transfer pump i designed. The software was UGS Nx4 and it had an exploded view with reference lines. Since i havent used 08 or 09 yet, do they have anything like this built in yet?

 

[alijahed]

this is a different software package but it was a transfer pump i designed. The software was UGS Nx4 and it had an exploded view with reference lines. Since i havent used 08 or 09 yet, do they have anything like this built in yet?

 

 

I have no idea about that but if Autocad has this ability that would be great!

[Morgan]

this is a different software package but it was a transfer pump i designed. The software was UGS Nx4 and it had an exploded view with reference lines. Since i havent used 08 or 09 yet, do they have anything like this built in yet?

 

 

as far as know, it doesn't

[shift1313]

that sucks because it was very helpful for drawings like that. That report was about 20-30pages of just drawings, it was a rather large assembly

[ReMark]

I think you'd have to move to a program such as Inventor.

[jkristia]

yeah, SolidWorks supports this, so I'm pretty sure Inventor does too. (oops, sorry, just realized I bumped an old thread)