To Extrude or not to extrude
To Extrude or not to extrude
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Hi,
What do people consider best practice to create a simple cylinder? I have traditionally produced this type of feature by drawing a circle and extruding it. I am now being told by a fellow solidworks user that I should be using revolves.
Any comments?
Graybags
What do people consider best practice to create a simple cylinder? I have traditionally produced this type of feature by drawing a circle and extruding it. I am now being told by a fellow solidworks user that I should be using revolves.
Any comments?
Graybags






RE: To Extrude or not to extrude
If it's truly a simple cylinder then, performance-wise, you will not see a difference. If the profile is complex it often makes for a simpler FM tree to do a revolve.
If you start with a simple revolve, and the profile later changes into a more complex one, it might be easier to add the complexity to the revolve rather than separate features to the extrude.
RE: To Extrude or not to extrude
Of course this forces others to modify a more complicated sketch, and if there are a lot of features and relations, it could introduce problems down the line. Added features to the FM can reduce the errors, but is not guaranteed.
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RE: To Extrude or not to extrude
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