# extrude rectangle 

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/extrude-rectangle/31256>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [April 13, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/extrude-rectangle/31256 "2024-04-13T15:10:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cyrill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Cyrill](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Cyrill)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/extrude-rectangle/31256/1 "2024-04-13T15:10:17Z")

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I drew a rectangle and want to extrude it. for some reason I can only extrude it downwards by a negative value (e.g. -1), positive extrusion results in an orange rectangle. what do I get wrong?

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**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/extrude-rectangle/31256/2 "2024-04-13T15:14:21Z")

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You most likely have Section View turned on.