[Inventor] Sweep cut not working

[Inventor] Sweep cut not working

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[Inventor] Sweep cut not working

ksgmsjkjw
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Hello. (Using Inventor Professional 2026)

I made a blue triangle profile and path like above to do sweep cut.

Somehow, I can't choose a path from the option when I try to do sweep.

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Is this impossible situation to do sweep cut? If not, what would be the problem of my path for sweep cut?

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SBix26
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I can't tell from the images what the problem might be.  Can you post the file here, and let us know what version of Inventor you're using?


Sam B

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ksgmsjkjw
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Hello. I'm using Inveontor Professional 2026 version and I've just uploaded my file to the original question.

Thank you.

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kacper.suchomski
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Hi

Your path is freeform – the sketch is not fully constrained.

Don't finish working on the sketch until the pin icon appears in your browser.

Tweak the sketch to use it as a path.


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ksgmsjkjw
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Thank you!

I constrained every sketch in the file like you said. It worked perfectly.

There is another small question though, when I constrained the sketch, I can tell it's constrained by it's color but the model tree says otherwise. Is this some kind of a glitch or something? (from my settings, fully constrained sketch is shown in purple)

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kacper.suchomski
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@ksgmsjkjw wrote:

Thank you!

I constrained every sketch in the file like you said. It worked perfectly.

There is another small question though, when I constrained the sketch, I can tell it's constrained by it's color but the model tree says otherwise. Is this some kind of a glitch or something? (from my settings, fully constrained sketch is shown in purple)

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ksgmsjkjw_0-1757262274846.png

 


If Inventor says that a sketch is not fully constrained, it is. You can check this in two places: the browser icon and the status bar.

 

As Samuel mentioned

@SBix26 wrote:

I can't tell from the images what the problem might be.


 


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