Extruding and Shelling all the closed loops in a sketch

In your part sketch you have a large quantity of closed loops.

(I.e.: You have imported in the Inventor part sketch a dxf or dwg generated from an external application.)

You want to extrude and subsequently shell all them in one go.

For doing that you can do the following:

• Download and unzip this VBA Macro to your local drive.
• Menu Tools > Options > VBA editor.
• Load the file ExtrudeShell.ivb via the File > Load project command in the VBA editor.
• Run the macro called PipeExtrusion.

• In the following Pipe shape dialog enter the Height and Wall thickness values.
  • The values need to be entered as digits without units nor formulas.
  • The input is in default length units as set in the Document settings.
  • Entering a positive wall thickness adds more material to the outside of the sketch curves, entering a negative wall thickness adds material to the inside.
• Click on the Select sketch button and select the sketch in the browser.

• Click OK and get the result.
  • If the result is not the one you want, click on Undo and repeat the steps entering the appropriate values.

Comments

[Dan Margulius]

Hi,
The tool is very nice. I think Extrude or Cut Extrude of multiple profiles in one sketch should be built in as part of the program. It exists in SW for years for a good reason. Please add this feature in INV2013. Better sooner then later, don't forget we have fierce competitors especially in Israel.This little things help us sell the software.
Thanks,
Dan

[Alexandru]

Hello
Can you please simplify this macro so that it selects all closed profiles and creates an extrusion with a given dimension in dialog box? I really need this kind of thing when I have to select a lot of closed profiles to make an extrusion or a revolve.

Regards,
Alexandru