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Push/Pull

Click a flat face of a part and drag it out to add material, or in to cut it away. No sketch needed.

  • Push/Pull QPart Studio toolbar
What other CAD programs call it
SchoolCADOnshapeFusionSOLIDWORKS
Push/Pull–Press Pull–

Push/Pull changes a part straight from one of its faces, with no sketch to draw first. Click a flat face and drag its arrow: out adds material, in cuts it away. It is the quickest way to make a board thicker, a leg longer or a shelf shorter.

The whole face moves, holes and rounded corners included, and the walls around it carry on to meet it.

How to use it#

  1. Click Push/Pull, or press Q.
  2. Click a flat face of a part. (You can also click the face first, then Push/Pull.)
  3. Drag the arrow out to add material, or in to cut it away. Or type the Distance: 5 goes out 5 mm, -5 goes in 5 mm.
  4. Check the preview, then click ✓ or press Enter.

Options#

OptionWhat it does
New, Add, Remove, IntersectWhat it does. At first it chooses for you: out adds, in removes. Click one yourself to keep that choice. New makes a new part the shape of the face.
FaceThe face that moves. Click another flat face to change it.
End typeBlind (one way) goes the Distance you type. Symmetric (both ways) goes half the Total depth each way from the face. Through all goes right through the part. Up to face moves the face up to another flat face you click, and follows that face if it moves later.
DistanceHow far it goes, in mm: + is out, − is in.
⇅ Flip direction, Both waysFor Through all: which way it goes, or both ways at once.
Part name, MaterialFor New: the new part's name and material.
Merge scopeFor Add, Remove and Intersect: the parts it changes. The part with the face is ticked for you.

Tips#

  • When you drag the arrow, the steps get smaller as you zoom in. Hold Shift for finer steps, or press Esc to put the distance back.
  • You can type a sum, or the name of a parameter. If you have a parameter t for the board thickness, type -t to push a face in by one board thickness.
  • With Up to face, click the face it should go up to. To move a different face, click Change face first.
  • To change a Push/Pull later, double-click it in the feature tree, or click it once in the tree and drag its arrow on the model.
  • To add or cut a shape that is not a whole face, such as a tab or a slot, draw it in a sketch and use Extrude.

If it does not work#

  • That face is curved. Pick a flat face to push or pull. Push/Pull only moves flat faces.
  • Drag the arrow or type a distance first. The distance is still 0, so nothing would change.
  • The cut did not remove anything. Check the direction, depth or the part it cuts. With Through all, click ⇅ Flip direction.
  • The face to push or pull was not found after an earlier change. Edit the feature and click the face again. Double-click it in the feature tree, then click the face.