Join several lines into one.

[VisualConduct]

Hello all 🙂

I have redrawn a design that I did in C4D.

Now, I still ended up with several lines that I need to connect in order to extrude it.

Did a lot of searching on the internet, but did not find a solution to do this.

What would be the best way to connect the outer lines so that I can bring it into manufacture?

Many thanks, Robert

[g-andresen]

Hi,

The connection to a single line is not possible but also not required for extrusion.
For this you need a closed profile (light blue area) .

Please share the file.

File > export > save as f3d on local drive  > attach it to the post

günther

[Drewpan]

Hi,

How have you generated the Lines?

There are a bunch of what looks like Projected Points and a whole bunch of lines. Have you tried to Constrain these

Points and Lines? As you draw them there should be Length Dimensions, Curve Radii and this sort of stuff. If that

doesn't help, are the ends of the Lines Co-incident? You have shown the Origin in the Drawing - what is the

relationship of these Lines to the Origin?

Fusion is not a CAD program but is Modelling software. It does use CAD-like features. One of the things most

people on this Forum tell you to do is try to Fully Constrain your Sketches, there are less problems this way.

Another thing they will say is to upload the actual f3d file so we can look at it.

Cheers

Andrew

[VisualConduct]

Thanks Gunter and Andrew...

File attached now.

Thanks for helping, Robert

[VisualConduct]

Thanks Andrew,

File attached now 🙂

[davebYYPCU]

All your sketch articles for an extrusion must be in the SAME sketch.

Fusion does not play well with imported articles.

Might help....

[g-andresen]

Hi,

just activate the history and project all the parts into a new sketch

günther

[VisualConduct]

Thanks Dave, O yes indeed, that helpful already.

When I extrude this, I end up with the extruded sides only.... no caps.

Kind regards, robert

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@VisualConduct wrote:

When I extrude this, I end up with the extruded sides only.... no caps.

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Wrong Extrude.

Sounds like you are using the Surface Extrude.

[VisualConduct]

Thats why I thought it would be necessary to connect all the lines and by doing that, there would be a surface to extrude. Now I just selected all the lines and used the Q shortcut..... was not aware of another sort of extrusion...

[davebYYPCU]

For solid Extrude you need all of the outlines in same sketch, 

then Fusion gives you light blue shading.  You need to use light blue shaded shapes.

Q is Press Pull, E is Extrude, for Solid  or Surfaces. (More versatile with many more Options)

Might help...

[VisualConduct]

Thanks Dave for helping 🙂

Well, that's the thing: I copied all lines into a new sketch (sketch outer), but it does not produce the blue shade to push pull from.

[g-andresen · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I have already shown it in the screencast (1:13 - 1:19) in post 7.

The profile is not closed.

Use the divide and conquer method.

günther

[VisualConduct]

That's it.... I saw that method but did not understand it at all.... But now I do!

Many thanks for helping, much appreciated 🙂

Best, robert