Hi all, Neebie here, and not that experienced with Inventor.
Learning on the job with assistance of on-line resources and a lot of trial and error.
Please see the attached – the part I am building is a bumper which ultimately will be moulded in foam. In the interim, when this part is finished, I want to make a split mould for it and 3D print it to then reinforce it with GRP.
The problem I have is to achieve the end section shown in the photo.
You will see I have used a 3D Intersection, but even that doesn’t extend far enough to line up with the outside edge.
My most troubling problem is do I use the Sweep or Loft command to get the end shape ? I think they should offer the correct end result if I can just work out how to use it in this applicaiton.
The Loft Command seems near, but I get an error message – ‘The input sections resulted in the creation of a non-manifold. Use Sketch or Edit Feature to change the feature definition’.
Any ideas would be gratefully received.