5. Extrusion operations

5.1. Extruder

Extrusion is an operation that consists in creating a mesh from a shape moved along a path.

That operation is particularly well suited for roads, pipelines, pillars…

extruder_generic.png

Extrusion can also be applied to a multishape.

extruder_multishape.png

Special options are available to influence the way the mesh is created :

  • Rotation Track
extruder_rotationtrack.png
  • Scale Track
extruder_scaletrack.png
  • Shape Texture Track
extruder_texturetrack.png

5.2. Lathe

Lathe is an operation that takes a shape and rotates it around Y-axis to produce a mesh.

lathe_generic.png

Lathe can also be restricted to a given angle range.

lathe_anglerange.png