Request: Extrude in parallel

[Mossie]

I have a new request, which may be easier then the last one.

I'd like to be able to extrude/create a single object with multiple surfaces, regardless of x,y,x position, with the resulting surfaces being parallel to the original, with the normals aligned and all edges attached.

So if you have a surface and what to thicken it, then input the thicknes into a dialog and go.

Use for creating windows, windscreens on any vehicle or plane.

Terms used to call this vary from shell objects to parallel objects.

Something like this image, to roof section.

[Mossie]

Doh.... this feature is already there, extrude by normal.

Learn something new every day.

However, what it doesn't do it maintain a parallel surface. Try it on a half pipe and see what you get, the edges get misaligned.

So is this a "bug" ?

[luuckyy]

"No" this is not a bug, this is the way it works in AC3D when you extrude several "non-aligned" faces at once.
What we need is something usually called "extrude region" (by normal).
I hope it will be implemented in the future.

So I'm with you with that request.