Extrude along normal. Bug or not.

[Xsinode]

Why when i'm applying extrude along normal to the edge loop i'm get random extrusion as result. (normal direction used incorrect). See picture for example.
1 Get simple cylinder
2 Apply extrude along normal
3 In result (top view)
4 Expected result
It's normal or bug?

[MikeM]

No idea but I am guessing its meant to be used for faces rather than edges.

To be honest I completely forgot of "extrude along normal" and I have only been using the extrude and then the local/global transform to translate/scale/rotate what I extrude.

Here's an alternative, do a regular extrusion (CTLR+D), then X and scale it up, gives the exact result you are looking for, you can also extrude and use a "push" deformer (especially for more complex edge loops).

Another way I like to move mesh components along a particular normal is once the selection is made, press the key to use "move component tool" and select an edge/face or vertex with the mouse middle button (aka clic on the mouse wheel) so the transform aligns to the normal of that mesh component.

[julius]

Try to freeze your object's transformations and history before extruding.

[Xsinode]

MikeM
Yes i know about scaling and other methods. But i don't understand why developers cant fix this simple bug for more usability this tool.
julius
History and transformation is absolutely clear