Extrude

This example provides information on creating solids, faces and wires, and how to extrude a face along a wire.

If you go to the Modeling browser under the Modeling tab, you can see all the bodies the part contains.

Use this procedure to extrude a face along a wire:

1. Create Part object to contain the Bodies and Add it to the Station .

2. Create a solid box and add it to My_Extruded_Bodies.

3. Create face.

4. Create a wire.

5. Set the sweep option to solid.

6. Create Vector3 to specify direction and length of the projection.

7. Extrude face along wire.

8. Create a second wire.

9. Extrude the first wire along the second.

Solution

1. Create Part object to contain the Bodies and Add it to the Station.

   Part p = new Part();
   p.Name = "My_Extruded_Bodies";
   station.GraphicComponents.Add(p);
   

2. Create a solid box and add it to My_Extruded_Bodies

   Body b = Body.CreateSolidBox(new Matrix4
            (new Vector3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0)), new Vector3(0.5, 0.5, 0.5));
   b.Name = "Box";
   p.Bodies.Add(b);
   

3. Create face.

   Face f = b.Shells[0].Faces[0];
   

4. Create a wire.

   Body wirebody = Body.CreateLine
                   (new Vector3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0), new Vector3(1.0, 1.0, 1.0));
   wirebody.Name = "Wirebody";
   p.Bodies.Add(wirebody);
   Wire w = wirebody.Shells[0].Wires[0];
   

5. Set the sweep option to solid.

   SweepOptions so = new SweepOptions();
   so.MakeSolid = true;
   

6. Create Vector3 to specify direction and length of the projection.

   Vector3 vec = new Vector3(1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
   

7. Extrude face along wire.

   Body[] bds = Body.Extrude(f, vec, w, so);
   foreach (Body bd in bds)
   {
       bd.Name = "Face extruded along wire";
       p.Bodies.Add(bd);
   }
   

8. Create a second wire.

   Body wirebody2 = Body.CreateLine
                    (new Vector3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0), new Vector3(1.0, 1.0, -1.0));
   wirebody2.Name = "Wirebody 2";
   p.Bodies.Add(wirebody2);
   Wire w2 = wirebody2.Shells[0].Wires[0];
   

9. Extrude the first wire along the second.

   Body[] bds2 = Body.Extrude(w, vec, w2, so);
   foreach (Body bd in bds2)
   {
       bd.Name = "Wire extruded along wire";
       p.Bodies.Add(bd);
   }
   

Example

This example provides information on creating solids, faces and wires, and how to extrude a face along a wire.

public void BodyExtrude()
{
    NewStation();
    Project.UndoContext.BeginUndoStep("BodyExtrude");
    try
    {
        Station station = Station.ActiveStation;

        // Create a part.
        Part p = new Part();
        p.Name = "My_Extruded_Bodies";
        station.GraphicComponents.Add(p);

        // Create a solid box and add it to My_Part1.
        Body b = Body.CreateSolidBox(new Matrix4
                 (new Vector3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0)), new Vector3(0.5, 0.5, 0.5));
        b.Name = "Box";
        p.Bodies.Add(b);

        // Create face.
        Face f = b.Shells[0].Faces[0];

        // Create a wire.
        Body wirebody = Body.CreateLine
                        (new Vector3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0), new Vector3(1.0, 1.0, 1.0));
        wirebody.Name = "Wirebody";
        p.Bodies.Add(wirebody);
        Wire w = wirebody.Shells[0].Wires[0];

        // Set the sweep option to solid.
        SweepOptions so = new SweepOptions();
        so.MakeSolid = true;
        Vector3 vec = new Vector3(1.0, 1.0, 1.0);

        // Extrude face along wire.
        Body[] bds = Body.Extrude(f, vec, w, so);
        foreach (Body bd in bds)
        {
            bd.Name = "Face extruded along wire";
            p.Bodies.Add(bd);
        }

        // Create a second wire.
        Body wirebody2 = Body.CreateLine
                         (new Vector3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0), new Vector3(1.0, 1.0, -1.0));
        wirebody2.Name = "Wirebody 2";
        p.Bodies.Add(wirebody2);
        Wire w2 = wirebody2.Shells[0].Wires[0];

        // Extrude the first wire along the second.
        Body[] bds2 = Body.Extrude(w, vec, w2, so);
        foreach (Body bd in bds2)
        {
            bd.Name = "Wire extruded along wire";
            p.Bodies.Add(bd);
        }
    }
    catch
    {
        Project.UndoContext.CancelUndoStep(CancelUndoStepType.Rollback);
        throw;
    }
    finally
    {
        Project.UndoContext.EndUndoStep();
    }
}

Required Namespaces

ABB.Robotics.RobotStudio

ABB.Robotics.RobotStudio.Stations

See Also

• Creating Curves
• Curve Manipulations