Cannot select sketches to create loft (Inventor 2019, Windows 10)

[Anonymous]

I am having troubles creating a loft. I have three sketches to be lofted together on separate workplanes. See the attached screencast.

I simply click "Click to add" and I click on one of the sketches. Then I repeat that process: click "Click to add" to add another sketch, but it deletes the other sketch I selected. Am I missing something basic here like a keyboard command, or is there something wrong with Inventor?

[JDMather · Accepted solution]

No Inventor file Attached?

The sketches should not have the 1" circles.  This is a simple Hole feature.

The sketches are more complicated than needed (this looks like school assignment Handle - do you have more information?

Can probably be done with a simple

Revolve

Sweep 

Pattern

Hole.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the quick reply.

Tried deleting the inner 1" circle like you suggested, then tried to loft it and it worked!

Now I will just add a 1" hole to it. Thank you!

[todd_cannon · Accepted solution]

If there are more than one possible profiles in the sketch for lofting, Inventor will prompt you to select one profile or the other. If there is only one profile, Inventor will automatically know what to use from the sketch. As, J.D. Mather stated previously, keep your sketches simple.

Cheers,

Todd

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the explanation! Makes sense now...