Extruding Single Body

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duckmug
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Extruding Single Body

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I was wondering if there is a way to extrude like what I did in the example within the same body, without having that separating line that indicates that they are two separate solids. This is not a question about this specific part, it's just a simplified example. I know that I could extrude it from a different plane from the start but it's not the scenario that I am trying to explore.
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TheMarkster
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Re: Extruding Single Body

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If you set the Refine property to true in the last feature that extra line goes away.
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duckmug
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Re: Extruding Single Body

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Perfect! Thanks a lot!
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Re: Extruding Single Body

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Let me add to this:
- The line doesn't indicate that these are two solids. It is still one single solid in one body.
- In this case you could use a single sketch and pad it directly:
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