10 Replies Latest reply on Oct 20, 2009 10:22 AM by Douglas Furkey

Got one for ya!

Douglas Furkey Oct 19, 2009 3:39 PM

Hi all,

having trouble getting a sketch to extrude and i have come to you for help. I am trying to model a leaf spring and i cant get solidworks to extrude the loops on the end. If i delete them it will extrude???Any sugestions???

Re: Got one for ya!

Mauricio Martinez-Saez Oct 19, 2009 3:49 PM (in response to Douglas Furkey)

If you post a copy of the file, it will be easy to see what is your problem and why the fearture do not work.
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Re: Got one for ya!

Daniel Smith Oct 19, 2009 4:18 PM (in response to Douglas Furkey)

I may be self-intersecting, make sure your sketched loop doesn't intersect or touch the leaf body.
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Kelvin Lamport Oct 19, 2009 4:32 PM (in response to Douglas Furkey)

Are you creating a regular solid or a sheet metal part?
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Dan Riffell Oct 19, 2009 5:04 PM (in response to Douglas Furkey)

Are you trying to extrude it as a thin feature? If so, I would guess you've got a elf intersecting geometry problem as mentioned above.
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  Kelvin Lamport Oct 19, 2009 6:27 PM (in response to Dan Riffell)
  
  Or it might even be a Gnome or Fairy intersection.
  
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    Dan Riffell Oct 20, 2009 8:01 AM (in response to Kelvin Lamport)
    
    You know, I'm not even going to edit my response. I kind of like the idea of an elf intersecting geometry.
    
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Deepak Gupta Oct 20, 2009 5:18 AM (in response to Douglas Furkey)

Check if there is any extra sketch entity. Also while in an open sketch or edit sketch mode, click Tools > Sketch Tools > Check Sketch For Feature. This will check the sketch for errors that might prevent it from creating a feature.
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  Douglas Furkey Oct 20, 2009 9:51 AM (in response to Deepak Gupta)
  
  Thanks for the help peeps. Not sure exactly what the issue was. But i redrew it and it worked just fine.
  Thanks agian
  
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    Deepak Gupta Oct 20, 2009 9:55 AM (in response to Douglas Furkey)
    
    So that was the final workaround.
    
    Doug, I will suggest if you ever get a problem that not getting resolved, upload the file(s) here or send to your VAR to dig out the issue.
    
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      Douglas Furkey Oct 20, 2009 10:22 AM (in response to Deepak Gupta)
      
      Hey Deepak,
      
      not really sure what was different the second time around. The only thing i can think of is that there was interference somewhere, possibly when i added the thickness to it.
      
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