# Unpredictable extrude direction when typing in a value

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/unpredictable-extrude-direction-when-typing-in-a-value/40662>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [April 16, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/unpredictable-extrude-direction-when-typing-in-a-value/40662 "2026-04-16T22:43:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![entoptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e79b87/32.png) [@entoptics](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/entoptics)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/unpredictable-extrude-direction-when-typing-in-a-value/40662/1 "2026-04-16T22:43:32Z")

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Is there any way to predict which direction an extrusion will go when you simply type a value in without grabbing one of the arrows?

It seems frustratingly random. Sometimes up, sometimes down? It doesn’t seem to be related to the “Top/Left/Bottom/etc” orientation cube. In fact, I can’t see anything it’s related to.

Thanks.

[https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/requests/new](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/requests/new)

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/unpredictable-extrude-direction-when-typing-in-a-value/40662/2 "2026-04-17T00:22:18Z")

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Uh… dunno. But I do know all you have to do is click it again and hit the “(-)”.