Press and Pull Not Selecting

[inujuju]

Alright, so I was using this site earlier to create a 3D park where, because of how I cad, was told to use the "press and pull" command on closed objects as they will be pulled or pressed into 3D shapes.

Up to this point it has worked on every structure I can think of but this time around it has not.

I am working on a Whale Slide for the park and, for some reason, I am unable to press/pull the parts out in order to complet the 3D effect.

This is the area I am tryin to press/pull:

Whale Slide Selection.jpg
Now, as you can see the entire slide is not complete yet. The reason being that I don't want to cad it all out only to find that it doesn't work. The "tail" part of it was avle to form pefectly fine but this part will not.
I have tried the loft, swipe, etc. commands but they never make a solid object which is what I need. The lines are all connected and I've pressed/pulled angles before so I'm not to sure what is wrong.

Here is the file incase you need it: Whale Slide.dwg

Thanks for all the help you have given me! It truly means a lot!

[ReMark]

I made that piece using a polyline profile and the extrude command with no problem. Extrude distance = 60.

Did you know the bottom line does not lie flat? Was that intentional? The difference is less than 0.5 as far as I can tell.

More than one way to skin that cat. LOL

[JPlanera]

In order for the presspull to work here, the Z-Axis of your UCS needs to be parallel to the direction you wish to press/pull..

[inujuju]

In order for the presspull to work here, the Z-Axis of your UCS needs to be parallel to the direction you wish to press/pull..

I've tried rotating the objects by 90 degrees so that it's parallel to the Z-axis for me to push it out, yet whenever I go to highlight it, the "view" area on the cub automatically changes to back view, or side views, making me unable to pull it. Do you have any ideas on how to prevent this?

[rkent]

Rotate the UCS so the Z in pointing in the direction of the extrusion. Try UCS, 3, pick a point for 0,0 and then the next two points for X and Y. Then try PP again.

[inujuju]

This is the new area I am currently trying to make solid 3D. Rotating it and then using press/pull doesn't work and I am having difficulties using the other 3D options (like sweep) to get it at the angle that I have created.
2Whale Slide Selection.jpg

Here is the file once more. This is the complete wire frame for the slide. Thanks for pointing out that not everything was straight, I have hopefully fixed it all.
Whale Slide.dwg

[ReMark]

You did not fix it all. The section you are having a problem with is twisted. Check it out using 3D Orbit.

[JD Mather]

Looks like Loft would be your friend on this design.

[ReMark]

JDM beat me to it. I just used the LOFT command to create the shape you are looking for. I did it by constructing the two ends using a 3Dpolyline and the arced lines as guides.

I'm assuming you did want this section of the slide to twist and drop right?

Twist-n-shout.jpg

[inujuju]

JDM beat me to it. I just used the LOFT command to create the shape you are looking for. I did it by constructing the two ends using a 3Dpolyline and the arced lines as guides.

I'm assuming you did want this section of the slide to twist and drop right?

Attachment 30777

Ah yes, I did. The slide is supposed to twist around as it comes off a complex structure (like a jungle gym) and has to avoid the other parts, so yes the slide is to twist and drop. From your comments I'm going to assume that push/pull cannot be used on shapes that drop down, rather having to be straight so that it can push it across the Z axis.

Thanks for all the help, I'll try out the loft command as soon as soon as I can.