Sheet Metal open loops prevents to make faces

[Dave Ce]

Hello, i have a problem with creating faces on a complex sheet metal structure, sketch doctor says: Open loop found in this profile. Use Close Loop or use Edit Sketch and project geometry, add sketch geometry, and/or drag the loop endpoints to close the loop.

Can anyone help me with this ?

[JD Mather]

Inventor is not AutoCAD.

You have unconstrained sketches.

Unless you changed color properties you have sick (pink) geometry.

Attach your ipt file here.

[Bishop]

It also looks like you're going through WAY too much effort with all the work planes. Like JD always says - be lazy when you do this stuff.

[Dave Ce]

thanks for your reply, here's the ipt.

karkas kap.ipt

[Dave Ce]

it should become a hood for my baler like this:

 

[JD Mather]

I don't have time to fix it right now - but that is pretty much a disaster right from the start (Sketch1 unconstrained).

I think we can work out a very simple solution (check back).

In the meantime you might want to read this (use symmetry about the origin)

http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/SkillsUSA%20University.pdf

 

I suspect my solution will have one (1) user created workplane. The rest will be on origin planes.

 

See attached file - done in student version, so examine and then delete.

 

karkas kap_jd_rev1.ipt

 

Edited December 22, 2012 by JD Mather

[Dave Ce]

Perfect, that's just how i wanted it thanks a lot. I guess i have much to learn with the sheet metal function..