That's saying that you don't have a sketch object named "channel.x". The name of the sketch object is going to be an existing object in the geometry database. If you type "l channel.x", it should say it's a sketch (that command is "ell" not "one" meaning 'list object').
If you type "tops", it should report your top-level objects. If you 'l' each object, it'll tell you what that object is and in the case of "combination" objects, it'll tell you what objects they combine so you can recursively walk down the hierarchy running 'l' on each object until you reach primitives. This is the same view that the Tools -> Geometry Browser shows you. You need to find the name of the *primitive* object that is a sketch, not some combination that references it. I suspect that might be what's going on. Cheers! Sean On Aug 22, 2009, at 10:25 AM, Josh Nijenhuis wrote: > Well, heres what happened > > mged> in > Enter name of solid: newchannel.x > Enter solid type: extrude > Enter X, Y, Z of vertex: 0 0 0 > Enter X, Y, Z of H: 0 0 1 > Enter X, Y, Z of A: 1 0 0 > Enter X, Y, Z of B: 0 1 0 > Enter name of sketch: channel.x > Enter K: 6 "i don't know what this is and can't find it in the docs > so i tried 6" > > then i get this response > Error: Cannot import sketch (channel.x) for extrusion (newchannel.x) > Error, extrude not made! > > does it not like my dxf import? it does have some cuts and corners > but can't see why that would matter... > im lost again. > > once i do have this figured out i will be sure to update the docs > because the project needs a higher adoption rate. > > Thanks once again > > > > Christopher Sean Morrison wrote: >> Josh, >> >> There is another command you're looking for. The "extrude" command, >> as you discovered, only works with "boxes" (which we call 'arbs'). >> To extrude a sketch object, you'll want to create an "extrude" object >> through our normal object creation facilities. More to the point, >> you can either run the "in" command or use the Create menu. The 'in' >> command will interactively prompt you for parameters: >> >> mged> in >> Enter name of solid: myextrude >> Enter solid type: extrude >> Enter X, Y, Z of vertex: 0 0 0 >> Enter X, Y, Z of H: 0 0 1 >> Enter X, Y, Z of A: 1 0 0 >> Enter X, Y, Z of B: 0 1 0 >> Enter name of sketch: mysketch >> >> Cheers! >> Sean >> >> >> On Aug 21, 2009, at 11:15 PM, Josh Nijenhuis wrote: >> >> >>> ok, i hope someone can help me, i imported an extrusion shape with >>> dxf-g and now i got the plain 2d shape in brl-cad, how can one go >>> about >>> extruding this piece, i tried with extrude but it says must be a >>> solid >>> type arb, is there a way to convert my shape to a solid or do i >>> have to >>> go through the process of remodeling it? is there another command >>> that >>> im looking for? >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> -- >>> -------- >>> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports >>> 2008 30-Day >>> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - >>> and focus on >>> what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with >>> Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july >>> _______________________________________________ >>> BRL-CAD Users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-users >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --------- >> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports >> 2008 30-Day >> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - >> and focus on >> what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with >> Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july >> _______________________________________________ >> BRL-CAD Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-users >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports > 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - > and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > BRL-CAD Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ BRL-CAD Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-users
