join spline and line into one unit...

[justmike65]

This is my first post, and I am totally new to Inventor. I have a lot of experience in Illustrator and Photoshop; what I want to do is possible in those programs, but I have not figured out how to do it in Inventor.

Essentialy, I want to make a closed path from a spline and a straight line— this will become a custom shape that I want to turn into a solid. Is it possible or should I just use the split feature?

In the end, I am trying to make a solid that is similar to a section of this necklace, minus the curved portion that connected them to the necklace, itself. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

[JDMather]

A spline and a line will automatically be a closed path (if it is created that way) in Inventor.

Attach your attempt here. (*.ipt file)

You might go through these.

http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/SkillsUSA%20University.pdf
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com/p/inventor-tutorials.html
http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/enu?adskContextId=HELP_TUTORIALS&language=ENU&release=2014&product=Inve...

[JavaLodge]

When you're making your sketch, you'll have to make sure the endpoints of the lines are coincedent.  You can visually determine if they are by pressing F8.  A yellow box will appear over any two points that are coincedent.  If needed, you can make the line tangent to the spline by using the tanget constraint, which ensure a smooth transition from the straight line to the curved portion.  Both the coincedent and tanget constraints are in the 'Constrain' section of the Sketch tab.  Hope this helps.

[justmike65]

Thanks for your help! I will try that after I read your attachments. Don't laugh at this too hard, lol. I know the two shapes are not on the same plane... first attemmpt at a 3-d sketch...

[JDMather]

I suspect that Autodesk Fusion 360 might be better suited to what you are trying to do.