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Select all profiles in sketch for extrude

Select all profiles in sketch for extrude

Select all profiles in sketch for extrude

(OP)
Hi All,
  Just wondering if anyone knows, is it possible to get the extrude command to use all profiles in a sketch??? I have about 500 profiles that have been arrayed around a surface that I want to extrude... Or do you need to array the feature instead???
Thanks in Advance

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  Steve Griffiths smile

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RE: Select all profiles in sketch for extrude

It is good practice to use feature patterns over sketch patterns wherever possible. Plus it will save you a heap of time in this case.

RE: Select all profiles in sketch for extrude

Do this experiment - in your file with 500 profiles edit the sketch and select Show All Constraints.  Now you see why you pattern features rather than sketches - but with that many instances your going to have trouble anyhow.  Can you use a cosmetic texture instead and maybe a smaller representative pattern if needed?

RE: Select all profiles in sketch for extrude

(OP)
Thanks for the replies,
  I did reduce the number of profiles in the sketch (and turned off associative in sketch pattern), then patterned features. However I still needed to do about 100 profiles that changed slightly around curves. Which I had to pick individually... Anyone know if there is a "pick all profiles in sketch" ability???
Thanks for the help guys

Cheers
  Steve Griffiths smile

If you want to make apple pie from scratch, first you must create the universe!

RE: Select all profiles in sketch for extrude

Roll up the EOP, zip and attach the file here.

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