Ensight -- Extrude Parts

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INTRODUCTION

A part or parts can be “extruded” to the next higher ordered part using the Extrusion feature. Namely, a 1d line can

become a plane, a 2D surface can become a volume, etc. This “extrusion” can occur in a rotational way (making the

whole pie from a thin slice) such as would be needed for reconstruction of a model from an axi-symmetric slice. Or it

can be done in a translational manner - as if the part were glued in place, but could be stretched in one direction.

For rotation extrusions, you must define an origin and axis vector in the global coordinate system, about which the

rotational extrusion will occur, as well as the number of slices and the total rotation angle to sweep through. For

translation extrusions, you define a direction vector in the global coordinate system, as well as the number of slices

and the total distance to stretch.