Press or Pull Bounded Areas (Concept)

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Press or Pull Bounded Areas

Concept

Procedure

Quick Reference

You can press or pull bounded areas by pressing and holding CTRL + ALT, and then picking the area. The area must be bounded by coplanar lines or edges.

You can press or pull bounded areas that are defined by the following types of objects:

Any area that can be hatched by picking a point (with zero gap tolerance)
Areas enclosed by crossing coplanar, linear geometry, including edges and geometry in blocks
Closed polylines, regions, 3D faces, and 2D solids that consist of coplanar vertices
Areas created by geometry (including edges on faces) drawn coplanar to any face of a 3D solid

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When you press or pull a bounded area, you cannot taper it. You can, however, select the edges of the bounded area after it’s been pressed or pulled and manipulate the edges to achieve the same effect.

Through the IMPLIEDFACE system variable, you can specify whether or not bounded area can be detected and pressed or pulled.

NoteIf you extrude an existing face on a 3D solid, a new extruded object is created.