Sketch Cannot Finish

[Anonymous]

Hello Inventor Community, 

I am trying to make a sheet metal extrusion from a sketch (See attached) but somehow the error I am getting says : Part3: Errors occurred during the update. When I expand it says: Extrusion1: Could not build this Extrusion. When I expand this it says, a profile loop could not be repaired after sketch geometry was edited or deleted. Use Edit feature to select the profile. 

What could I be doing wrong?  The profile itself took me about an hour to trace and would be disappointing to start from scratch again. 

[JDMather]

Attach file  here.

[Anonymous]

I attached the file already. What format would you like it in sir? 

Josh 

[JDMather]

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@Anonymous wrote:

 What format would you like it in sir?  

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An Inventor part format is *.ipt

[ShamjithPS]

Hi @Anonymous, 

You can always try Diagnosing the sketch using Sketch Doctor. Inventor will show you what's wrong with your sketch.

Open the sketch> right click>Sketch Doctor>Diagnose Sketch and Inventor will show you open loops, overlapping curves, and all. In most cases, it will be one of these errors which is not letting you Extrude

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! After extruding the profile, what you are trying to do? Print it? This kind of artistic object is hard to build in Inventor since Inventor is a precise modeler. Every piece of geometry has to carry function and dimensions. I don't believe the deer profile in this case requires accuracy (up to 0.00001mm). There should be better tools to create such shape.

Many thanks!

[Anonymous]

My end goal is to CNC machine it. so after extrusion I will add a few features then make a DXF for laser cutting. 

[Anonymous]

Hi JD, I realized that I cannot save a sketch so I have attached the original email that I am trying to recreate for CNC. 

 Please see attached. 

Josh Okello

[JDMather]

What is this?

[JDMather]

What is this??

[JDMather]

@Anonymous 

See the Attached file.