Enclosed, Constrained Sketch Does Not Show Profile (Blue Face)

[mohrland20]

Hello...I am a beginner in Fusion 360, however I do not understand why making an enclosed, constrained sketch with a couple of sketch lines (to form a rectangle) does not result in a blue profile that can be extruded. I have attached the Fusion 360 file. If I understand what is happening on this simple sketch to prevent a profile from being shown, I can apply it to a larger more complex sketch I am working on. Really appreciate if someone can explain it to me as there must be some limitation I am not aware of?....thanks

[davebYYPCU · Accepted solution]

Profiles reside in a sketch when the boundary articles are a closed loop.

your file has 2 sketches, and neither sketch has a closed loop.

I would edit sketch 1 and close the rectangle with the 4th line.

Having edited the sketch there was no profile, as expected, because the profile display was turned off.

Might help....

[mohrland20 · Accepted solution]

Thank you for your reply. I did not realize (know) you can only close a sketch using a series of lines within the same sketch as opposed to using another sketch. Knew I was missing something basic. I am coming from the Tinkercad world and finding it somewhat hard to convert. Thanks so much for your reply.

P.S…thanks for reminder to check profile is enabled in the sketch palette….