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Unable to select sketch for Extrude, Sweep, Loft, or other modeling commands in Fusion

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Issue:

Users reported that when they are attempting to select a sketch profile for an Extrude or other modeling commands in Fusion, the feature does not allow the desired sketch profile to be selected. 

Causes:

  • The "Show Profile" option is disabled when creating the sketch.
  • The sketch geometry may not be a closed profile. 
  • The sketch geometry is not all within the same sketch.
  • The sketch geometry is not all on the same sketch plane.
  • Auto projected geometry overlaps the designed sketch and the profile selection for extrude becomes difficult.
  • The line type is construction line.
  • Sketch profiles overlap to each other and it is difficult to select the required sketch profiles. 

Solution:

Activate Show Profile

  1. Right-click on the affected sketch within the timeline or the browser tree.
  2. Select Edit Sketch.
  3. Activate "Show Profile".
  4. Finish Sketch.
  5. Extrude the sketch profile. 
Activate Show Profile under Sketch Palette in Fusion

 Close the Sketch Profile

End points not constrained  Point to point coincident constraints
  • Convert any construction geometry used to create the sketch profile to sketch geometry.

Turn off AutoProject

  1. Go to Preferences > Design.
  2. Deselect "Auto project edges on reference".
  3. Deselect "Auto project geometry on active sketch plane".

Note: this will not retroactively change existing sketches. 

Confirm that all sketch lines are in the same sketch

  • Confirm that all sketch lines composing the profile are within the same sketch. Otherwise, it will not be recognized as a closed profile.
  • Consider copying and pasting sketch lines between sketches to consolidate.
  • Project sketch geometry into one sketch to create a closed profile in the desired sketch.

Confirm that all sketch lines are on the same sketch plane

  1. Select all contents of the sketch.
  2. Right-click > Move to Sketch Plane. 

Delete the unnecessary sketch profiles

  1. Edit the sketch and use the "Break Link" option to separate the sketch profiles.
  2. Delete any unnecessary sketch profiles.

Check the selection filter

Selection Filter

 

Products:

Fusion;

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