topic Re: I'm in a bit of a pickle (self - intersecting loops) in Inventor Forum

I'm in a bit of a pickle (self - intersecting loops)

Zelren — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 04:52:37 GMT

Ok so, I'm making the skyrim emblem for school right, and I'm stuck on extruding the dragons head and neck (sketch 12). Everything else can be extruded except sketch 12 because it says there are self-intersecting loops. I've closed loops and all that and tried the sketch doctor but that didn't help. I had a careful look at the sketch but I dunno whats wrong. ...I think I have to find overlapping sketches or something but I can seem to do that properly.

If anyone can help thad be great.

(you can probably tell that I'm pretty new to this.)

Re: I'm in a bit of a pickle (self - intersecting loops)

L.Maas — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 08:03:05 GMT

What I often do in these kind of situations (complex sketches) is to delete part of the sketch close it and try extruding again. If you are succesful, the issue was in the deleted part. Few undos and you can start focussing on the other part were the problem is. if needed repeat with smaller parts till you find the problem.

If you look at the area were the arrow is pointing and further zoom in you will notice that the lines overlap.

Re: I'm in a bit of a pickle (self - intersecting loops)

Zelren — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 09:41:42 GMT

thanks that helps a lot. Thats really nice of you to take your time on this, considering how simple the problem was ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ