Draw a dome in sketch tool

[Anonymous]

Hello everyone,
I work on a project I have to draw a dome (Skydome)
the shape is special,
the base is rectangular and the roof is slightly bent towards the center.
I do not know which functions to use, it should look like this.

thank you in advance for your help

[JDMather]

I would use Loft or Patch.

Can you attach your *.ipt attempt here?

[Curtis_Waguespack]

Hi ralph72,

Here are a few threads from the past that have some example parts and suggestions:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-general-discussion/smooth-skylight/m-p/2810382

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-general-discussion/smoothing-faces-of-a-loft-square-to-round...

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-general-discussion/hydroforming-suggestions/td-p/4369952

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

I'd do a loft.

[Cadmanto]

Ralph,

It looks like you have 4 separate panels.  If that is the case the middle 2 can probably be done with simple extrudes with the contoured shape.  The outer 2 I would go with which has been suggested and that is to create a sweep.  But before doing the sweep, I would create sketches to formulate the basic shape you need.  Then once you have it, you might be able to simply thicken the surfaces to get your solid geometry.

Hope this makes sense.

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[Paul-Mason]

something like this :-

The ipt file is attached.