extrunding a circle

[adriano natalini]

Hi there,
could anyone give a tip what is the best tool to enlarge a circle?
Let’s say f.e. if I need to model a kind of “washer” or give thickness to a cylinder/ pipe?
The extruding tool doesn’t seem to be useful!?
Thanks 🙂
Adriano

[Sergio Diaz-Ibieta]

Hi Adriano,
I´m afraid you are right. Extrusions are defined linearly and in whatever combinations of x, y and z directions only. What would be needed here is to have a special kind of “offset-extrusion” commnad where one can select a curved edge and make an offset to extrude it (create faces) at 90° (spatial 3D) from original curved edge.
What I think you could do instead is to create another cylinder with same center and a defined radius to account for the thickness and then close the edges to create the solid pipe. More man hours of tedious clicking, but it will work.
Regards,
Sergio.-

[adriano natalini]

Hi Sergio,
Thanks for yr comments.
Yes, I was afraid that building another cylinder around 🙁 is the only main option left.
Adriano 🙂

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