Can anyone help me with the steps required to make a 3d extrusion of a pillar with compund angles?So far I have only found one video on youtube that touches on this subject, however, the spoken English is not very clear to me. It uses taper angle and a direction, for the extrusion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5LDmCXYF8EMy pillar must rise at 45 degree and the 45 degree taper inward at 30 degree.The pillar is 30 x 30 mm height is irrelevant. The pillars are used to hold a roof construction of a hexagon shape.Where the slope/pitch of the roof is 45 degree. 

Hello Parken26, I don't know if the faces are twisted and "extrudable" or not with AutoCAD without facets.But I have placed in the CAD/BIM Blocks library here in the site the AutoCAD file :301-PJH.dwgI have placed some additional dimensions, could it be OK for you ?

philippe JOSEPH2022-11-23 10:27:17

Set a UCS on each of two vertical faces, and drawing Lines at the right angles is simple enough [red]:Mirror those over to the other side:and a couple of SLICE operations using the 3points option and Osnapping to ENDpoints of those Lines, keeping the lower portion each time, takes care of it:   

Kent Cooper2022-11-23 14:12:25

Hi Kent,Thank you SO much, it took me a little while to complete, but it is now taken care of. Much obliged - have a nice day!-- Martin 

Hello Philippe,Thank you very much for your input as well.-- Martin

A question never comes alone...I am struggeling with making the roof plates, I have already cut these, and made sure the calculated miter and tilt angles are correct, but I would like very much to finish my drawing, then I wil lbe able to quickly scale this house to a smaller or larger version. How do I get the roof plates to align with the 45 degree angle?Please note that the annotated width and height of the triangle may not be accurate to the drawing. 


Parken262022-11-24 22:08:36

Move each plate into position then rotate to match the roof angle.

Hello Parken26, I don't know if the faces are twisted and "extrudable" or not with AutoCAD without facets.