MasterGollom Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Hi, I'm currently trying to construct a train for my model railway. Since it has never been mass produced by any manufacturer, I have to make my own. Fortunately a manufacturer once made a model which is close to the one I want. This is the model I'm using to get the dimensions from and the basic shape. Now with my model almost complete I just need the front part of the train. Now I'm really struggling with the roof and I hope someone can help me to get it done. First I want to show you some pictures of the original model: A screenshot how I have done it so far: Now I'm trying to use the "Loft"-Tool and it always tells me "The attempted operation did not produce a meaningful result. Try with different inputs". Here's my .ipt-File aswell dach.ipt I really hope that here's somebody who can help me with this. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I see you are using a bunch of Zero dimensions. Why are you not using Coincident Constraints instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterGollom Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 Well, honestly, I'm still a noob in Inventor and therefor I'm letting Invetor doing the dimension and constraints stuff by using the Auto-Dimension Tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 It took me only a fraction of the number of dimensions to fully constrain. Forget you ever saw the auto-dimension tool. See the Inventor 101 Tutorials above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterGollom Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 And this is the only thing you had to correct in my file to get the loft done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I didn't trust your file - so I reproduced it from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterGollom Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 Oh, ok...well in the mean time I redrew the file, made new dimensions an contraints but it still doesn't work...I still have to be missing something front.ipt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I saw a zero dimension and a zero length line (degenerate) in your first sketch. And your first sketch doesn't match the geometry of the previous file? I recommend that you go through the Inventor 101 Tutorials above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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