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Extruding as sheet not body

Extruding as sheet not body

Extruding as sheet not body

(OP)
Hi I have never had this problem and all of sudden this is happening on this one part. But I have this very complex drawing I am just wanting to extrude and then subtract from the other body. Unfortunately NX is just extruding it as a sheet and not an actual solid. I did check the extrusion settings and it is on solid but it is not working or listening to its own settings. It extrudes one part of it as a solid but the solid is going the wrong way... I would love to post a pic but I have no idea how to get a pic in url format when its on NX or paint or anything for that matter.

Also I am using NX6

Thanks,

Myke

RE: Extruding as sheet not body

This is usually an indication of a problem in your section string. At a guess, I'd say some of your curves are not coincident (gaps between end points) and/or some curves are out of plane.

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RE: Extruding as sheet not body

(OP)
Makes sense but it doesn't sat interfering curves like it normally does when there is a problem. Also wouldn't it not create an outline(sheet extrude) of the sketch I wanted to extrude if there were gaps.

Thanks,

Myke

RE: Extruding as sheet not body

Without at least a picture, or the part file itself, it would be a bit hard to give any useful advise.

As for posting a picture, it doesn't have to be included in the body of the post, just upload the image file to the 'Engineering.com' site (link at the bottom of the 'reply' window).

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RE: Extruding as sheet not body

(OP)
Ok well I went though every connection point and curve in the structure and made sure everyone was coincident, there were a lot of them not, and still nothing... Is it better to have the setting on infer curves,connected curves, etc...

Thanks

Myke

RE: Extruding as sheet not body

(OP)
Found out what was wrong cowski was right there was one line that was not coincident. 2 lines right on top of each other and one was coincident with one side and the other was coincident with the other side. I didn't realize there were 2 lines there deleted one new coincident constraint and it worked!

THANKS!!

Myke

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