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SMCADMAN'S response was sweet and to the "point". This is the same way I do it. However, before I extrude my base triangle, I place a line at the center the exact height I need it, then select a UCS with the base of that line, a corner of the triangle (x) and the upper end of the line (Y). I then do a simple angle dim and extend the number of decimals available to 8. I then use all 8 in my angle answer for the extrude command. SMCADMAN was right that the answer is very simple and straight forward. I might only add that there are more parts and shapes to be created than can be programmed into any one automated function or command. Yesterday a designer I work with was stymied because his high-end modeler wouldn't create a particular shape with a particular orientation to a particular axis reference. I showed him how I'd create the part in basic ACAD, and suggested he look for similar elements in his PRO-E modeler. He not only was able to create the part effectively in PRO-E, the novel approach offered him 2 new parametric relationships he was able to take advantage of that he wouldn't have discovered using only limited pre-programmed construction solutions. ACAD may honestly be a slower second cousin to the genuinely more powerful PRO-E (and others ...) but part modeling is more about what you can create to solve the boss's problems. Good luck and thanks for the opportunity to share...
cfee
SMCADMAN'S response was sweet and to the "point". This is the same way I do it. However, before I extrude my base triangle, I place a line at the center the exact height I need it, then select a UCS with the base of that line, a corner of the triangle (x) and the upper end of the line (Y). I then do a simple angle dim and extend the number of decimals available to 8. I then use all 8 in my angle answer for the extrude command. SMCADMAN was right that the answer is very simple and straight forward. I might only add that there are more parts and shapes to be created than can be programmed into any one automated function or command. Yesterday a designer I work with was stymied because his high-end modeler wouldn't create a particular shape with a particular orientation to a particular axis reference. I showed him how I'd create the part in basic ACAD, and suggested he look for similar elements in his PRO-E modeler. He not only was able to create the part effectively in PRO-E, the novel approach offered him 2 new parametric relationships he was able to take advantage of that he wouldn't have discovered using only limited pre-programmed construction solutions. ACAD may honestly be a slower second cousin to the genuinely more powerful PRO-E (and others ...) but part modeling is more about what you can create to solve the boss's problems. Good luck and thanks for the opportunity to share...
cfee
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