The equivalent of Blender's "Extrude Manifold"?

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In Blender, there is a feature called "Extrude Manifold" that allows us to do this:



How to do this in Houdini? The usual PolyExtrude gives this:

Edited by raincole - April 16, 2025 00:55:36

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The modeler plugin has a function called push. The toolset is a great addition to Houdini.
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Edited by CYTE - April 16, 2025 02:15:49

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As cool as it is... is there a way to do this without third-party plugin?
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You can do it with boolean, I've made some experiments combining extrude with boolean and some cleanup operations.

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