Problem extruding imported sketch item will not turn yellow

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Hi I’m having a problem extruding an imported file I can pick the lines and extrude but not the surface it appears to be closed but is not coming up yellow can you help or is there something I am missing/not doing
Thanks in advance Dave

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Can you post a screenshot please?

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Just 2 questions:

  • are you sure it is closed?
  • is it on the grid?

If yes, can you send the file to me, I would check it out, and fix it, if it is possible.

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What type of file was Imported into Shapr3D?

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STP, IGES and .shapr. You can read more about this here: http://blog.shapr3d.com/export-import-formats-supported-by-shapr3d/

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Istvan,

The link you sent refers to Exporting of files from Shapr3d

The Sketch in question was a 2d drawing.

The person said they Imported this file into Shapr3d.

In any case, STP, IGES are not 2d file formats.

Dana

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No. That blog post is about export AND import. Please take a look again.

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And STP and IGES can be used for 2d formats as well.

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It was an iges file and it is still a mystery as to why it did not work but I did not want to waste any more of Istvans time it was easier just to draw it in Shapr3D

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I am always happy to waste my time on Shapers :slight_smile:

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Yes but:

The Shapr3d forum thread I responded to was titled ‘Problem extruding imported sketch item will not turn yellow’.

A sketch is a 2d file. The illustrative image was a 2d drawing sitting in Shapr3d.

My question was: ‘What type of [2d] file was Imported into Shapr3d.

I’m fairly certain that STEP and IGES are not 2d file formats.

Regards,
Dana

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Yes they are 3d formats. But both format can contain 2d curves.

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Iges can be 2d or 3D. Yes you are right this was a 2D sketch the problem was it did not turn yellow when imported into Shapr3D so although I could pick imdividual lines and extrude them as a shell or change dimensions. I could not get the surface to turn to yellow so that I could extrude into a 3D model.Hope this helps you in some way. I suspect that the iges file was probhably not closed properly as I have been able to import other 2D sketches into Shapr3D and extrude them.