1.Use Drawing Elements on the Start tab to insert a path into your design along which you would like to extrude a shape. Among the path options are a line, freehand line, a rectangle, arc or polygon.

If you opt to use a closed 2D element as your path, be careful to disable the Filled option in the Properties Editor. It is not possible to use filled Drawing Elements as a path.

2.Draw the 2D element which is to be extruded. This could be a polygon, rectangle or circle, for instance.

3.Select the element you wish to extrude along the path.

4.Go to the Edit tab and click on the Follow Me command in the Construction group.

5.Use a left click of the mouse to select a reference point. The reference point is the point at which the shape is to be held during the operation. It could, for instance, be one of the corners of the 2D element to be extruded.

6.If you want to rotate the 2D shape on its path around the reference point, drag the mouse cursor across the path of the extrusion. Use a right mouse click to open the context menu. In the context menu, select the Rotate command and orient the 2D object as you wish.

7.Now establish the starting point for the extrusion. This must lie on the drawing element which is to serve as path.

8.Use the mouse to drag the form you are extruding along the path.

9.Use another left mouse click to set the end point of the extrusion.