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Sweep fails in Inventor Pro 2011 without explaination

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:41:11 GMT

This is driving me crazy!!!!! It's a simple sweep to create a conduit from a controller cabinet to a transformer. The sketch plane is a (2) coincidence going through the center axis of (2) compression fittings so the sketch is 2D. The preview comes up and looks fine but when I click "OK" I get a message "problems encountered while exicuting this command". Nothing I change has any effect on the error. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Sweep fails in Inventor Pro 2011 without explaination

JDMather — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 23:58:33 GMT

What are you cutting?

The screen captures you posted clearly show that you are doing a sweep-cut.

Let me guess.

You are trying to create an assembly level feature rather than creating a part at the assembly level.

Re: Sweep fails in Inventor Pro 2011 without explaination

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:06:32 GMT

When I select "sweep" the defaults come up as shown. I cannot select any other option other than orientation, path and taper. All other selections are "greyed out".

Re: Sweep fails in Inventor Pro 2011 without explaination

JDMather — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:10:12 GMT

How much training and experience do you have?

In an assembly - you can only remove material, you cannot add material.

You are attempting to do an assembly level Sweep-cut.

To create a component at the assembly level you must first select Create Component within the assembly and then do your sketches at the part level. (you can do this while in the assembly - your current sketches are at the assembly level, not the part level)

Re: Sweep fails in Inventor Pro 2011 without explaination

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 16:55:15 GMT

Yep, you're correct.

Most of my experience is on the sheet metal side without any formal training so this was the first time I have attempted a sweep in an assembly. Thanks for taking to time to set me straight.