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November 10, 2016
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can someone tell me why iam unable to extrude my sketch as solid??

  • November 10, 2016
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hello,

iam unable to extrude my sketch as solid but instead it is extruding as surface. i went through the drawing so many times but couldnt find any open loops.

Iam attaching the file can someone go through that and tell me where it going wrong.

 

Thanks in advance

Best answer by jmikesell

you have overlapping geometry. An advantage of creating the sketch in the feature/extrude is you will get an error when you try to complete it. You don't get this in the sketch only. See below for where the extra line was.

I would recommend breaking this up into a few sketches, extrude the outer shape and then extrude the t-slots, etc. trying to cram a bunch into one sketch becomes unmanageable at some point.

2016-11-10 09_28_43-PRT0001 (Active) - PTC Creo Parametric.jpg

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jmikesell1-VisitorAnswer
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November 10, 2016

you have overlapping geometry. An advantage of creating the sketch in the feature/extrude is you will get an error when you try to complete it. You don't get this in the sketch only. See below for where the extra line was.

I would recommend breaking this up into a few sketches, extrude the outer shape and then extrude the t-slots, etc. trying to cram a bunch into one sketch becomes unmanageable at some point.

2016-11-10 09_28_43-PRT0001 (Active) - PTC Creo Parametric.jpg

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svillafuerte1-Visitor
1-Visitor
November 10, 2016

Yes you have an extra little line under  another larger one.

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Kevin1-Visitor
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November 10, 2016

If you're not using them you may also want to use the tools for finding open ends and overlapping entities as well as shading the sketch to verify the geometry is extrudable.

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Anonymous
November 11, 2016

Hello Kevin,

Can i know what are those tools that can help me finding these errors like open ends , overlapping geometry etc.

Thanks in advance

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svillafuerte1-Visitor
1-Visitor
November 11, 2016

These icons will let you know that information in the sketch.

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