Disjoint contour - base extrude - ??
Disjoint contour - base extrude - ??
(OP)
I am using 2001
Have imported a sketch from a DXF file.
Doesn't matter what I do I cannot base extrude as I get the disjoint contour message.
Even when I do a sketch , by hand ( not in any way linked to the imported sketch) I get the same message. Each time it tells me that a different contour ( usually a straight line )is the offending contour.
Can someone explain to me where the problem is?
Thanks
Mannysz
Have imported a sketch from a DXF file.
Doesn't matter what I do I cannot base extrude as I get the disjoint contour message.
Even when I do a sketch , by hand ( not in any way linked to the imported sketch) I get the same message. Each time it tells me that a different contour ( usually a straight line )is the offending contour.
Can someone explain to me where the problem is?
Thanks
Mannysz






RE: Disjoint contour - base extrude - ??
for solid extrude the condition is, the sketch should be closed profile and non overlapped profile.(except from thin extrude)
check that sketch has any gaps in between or not, overlaped etc. . for checking sketch,
select- tools- sketch tools- check sketch for features.. from this it is highlighting where the sketch has problem. try to connect the gap and solve the overlapped portion. then try extrude.
i think , this may solve ur problem...
thanks,
regards,
Murugan.S
Sr. Design Engineer,
CAD/CAM Research Center,
GlobalSoft Pvt Ltd,
New Delhi, INDIA.
RE: Disjoint contour - base extrude - ??
If you go into Tools > Options > System Options then go to Sketch and check the third box to "Display entity points in part/assembly sketches" you should be able to see the endpoints of the lines when you are in the sketch.
Let us know what you find out.
- - -Dennyd
RE: Disjoint contour - base extrude - ??
Go to your Tools pull-down, then Sketch Tools, and see if you have an option called Check Sketch for Feature.... If so, select base-exrude form the pull-down and hit the check button. This will show you where the problems in your sketch lie.
RE: Disjoint contour - base extrude - ??
I have often used the "Check Sketch for Feature". It highlights a particular line. I delete the line, redraw it,ensuring that it traverses the space from endpoint to end point, and still get the same error.
Dennyd - I have turned on this feature ( Display end points-thnx )but all it shows me is that the line is fine.
Yours, ( still stuck )
Mannysz
RE: Disjoint contour - base extrude - ??
THANKS ALL
Mannysz
RE: Disjoint contour - base extrude - ??
FAQ559-863
RE: Disjoint contour - base extrude - ??
As a new user of Solidworks....I had completely forgotten that this program could not extrude two completely seperate shapes - a problem aparently fixed in SW2003 or 2004.
The problem was that when getting the "disjoint contouyrs" message it di not highlight one of the sontours but one straight line from one of the contours - indicating, to me at least, that there was spomething wrong with that particular line.
Nothing like learning the hard way
mannysz