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 # create\_extrusion\_guide

 Last update: 16.07.2026 

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## SolidModel.create\_extrusion\_guide(name, edge\_set=None, id='', cad\_geometry=None, direction=(0.0, 0.0, 0.0), radius=None, depth=1.0, use\_curvature\_correction=False, active=True)

Create a new extrusion guide.

### Parameters

- name: The name of the extrusion guide.
- edge\_set: An edge set where this guide applies.
- id: The ID of the extrusion guide.
- cad\_geometry: a CAD geometry object.
- direction: Extrusion direction.
- radius: Distance up to which node translations due to the guide will be propagated through the mesh. 
    - `0.0`: Only the nodes extruded from edge\_set will be shifted onto the guide.
- depth: Intensity for the propagation of mesh corrections. 
    - `1.0` : Linear decay from guide to radius.
    - `>1.0`: Higher reach.
    - `<1.0`: More local.
- use\_curvature\_correction: Whether to use curvature correction algorithm to smooth mesh adapted to extrusion guide. Default is ‘False’.