surface fill similarly to pad function

[5VEN]

The padding function allows to extrude a sketch made of several profiles (such as a circle inside a square for example, hence creating a hole inside the square).

Is there a way to do this similarly but producing a surface?

I know it can be done by filling a surface and then cutting some of the profiles out but it can get quite tidious for complex drawings.
Isn't there a function as easy to use as the 'pad' but that would give zero thickness?

Thanks.
SDR.

 

[DBezaire]

Not a 1 button function like the pad command. Turn datum off, create a pad in part design, in GSD extract the face you want, delete solid pad.

Regards,
Derek

 

[solid7]

The short answer, is NO, you cannot create a fill surface with internal domains. You could, however, write a script easily enough to accomplish this.

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[jackk]

If you want the equivalent of the sides of the pad, you can use EXTRUDE to get a surface from your square&circle sketch.

If you want the end face, the only way I could do it was to FILL the square&circle sketch and then split it with a second circle sketch. The FILL said there were two sub-elements (domains), but I couldn't remove one. You might be able to make a FACE, if you have the VOLUME tools