Extrude not extruding

[scotty71]

Hi, 

I am having issues with getting a beam profile to extrude.  It just doesn't seem to want to to do it.  (See file) - I have a Beam profile that will just not pull for me. 

I can draw traditional shapes and they extrude normally. This, however does not.  Not sure what step I might have missed.  

Thanks! 

[pendean · Accepted solution]

It's a block: are the other shapes you extruded also blocks? Explode it, fix it (it's not a continuous pline) and it extrudes just fine.

There is a STEEL lisp out there that will do these types of things for you if that's an option: draw the profile as well as the othe extrusion if you want. If I find a link for it I'll post it later.

[scotty71]

The explode option: that worked great.  

I figured that it was the breaks in the lines and archs.  Just needed a point in the right direction.   I was missing a step - didn't realize I had to explode it, then join.  

Thank you kindly.