How to duplicate a surface / surface boarder

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Hey there…
is there a way to duplicate a surface / surface boarder? In Rhino i use dupEdge an dupFaceboarder, Sketchup would be the movement tool + “alt” key to drag and copy)

I tried the move/rotate tool with enabled “plus option” but its not working. With some object there´s nothing happening at all some bodies deform in an odd, unpredictable way.

What am I doing wrong? Please help. Till now I´m using a s workaround - offseting a face -1mm and then offsetting it with +1 =)

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You can’t but probably there is another way to achieve what you want. Why do you need to duplicate the surface?

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Thanks for the prompt answer!

In this case I want to use the copied surface to extrude the exact same tube profile using it for another object. deleting the fillests before copying of course =)… cant use the 2d sketch, I changed the object after it was extruded.

I mean there are probably a trilion workarounds. extending the tube and then splitting it or just get the measurements and start again from scratch. I just thought as there is a plus sign that can be enabled/disabled that there should be a function behind it and that I was doing something wrong.

Maybe something that could be added as your using “drag and copy” in 2d sketch mode?

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Eg. in this case you can project that face on a offseted construction plane. Would that work for you in this case?

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Yes, that works. But ist that a workaroud too?
Like I said, I was rather wondering about the plus sign and it (missing) function for objects and boarders.

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Makes sense. Currently we don’t support working with non solid geometry.

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Life is full of many workarounds :slightly_smiling_face:. Here’s another one.

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Yeeeeeees. That´s how I do it too =)

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extrude has an option to make new body as well. If you don’t need to have another sketch it gets similar results.

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I wasnt aware of the possibility. Clicking the bodies surfaces activates extrude tool, but without the +option. One has to click extrude tool again.

nice! that works bets for me .thanks