Newbie problem: wire is not closed (file attached) (2024)

I am trying to pad "Sketch2" in the attached file but it keeps saying "wire is not closed". Why does it do this? The wire *is* closed as far as my newbie eyes can tell me. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

exsolvespacer wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 2:44 pm

I would do it this way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWUSGZBy91A

Gruß Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Thomas Neemann

https://www.youtube.com/@thomasneemann5 ... ry=freecad

Thanks very much for doing that video. Annoyingly my version of Freecad appears to be different to yours however I am trying to use Part Design workbench as per this video:

https://youtu.be/LIDak5PHO5I?t=1620

exsolvespacer wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 2:44 pmI am trying to pad "Sketch2" in the attached file but it keeps saying "wire is not closed". Why does it do this? The wire *is* closed as far as my newbie eyes can tell me. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

I can't get this message. What version of FreeCAD are you using ?
Sketch2 is correctly closed but the document is stuck in a weird state. I have to force recompute to be able to extrude (RMB on document name in the tree -> Mark to recompute -> 'F5'). After that I can pad, though I have to reverse the Pad to avoid creating multiple objects which isn't allowed.

exsolvespacer wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 3:09 pmThanks very much for doing that video. Annoyingly my version of Freecad appears to be different to yours however I am trying to use Part Design workbench as per this video:

https://youtu.be/LIDak5PHO5I?t=1620

This video uses LinkStage mod of FreeCAD, which isn't master.

The lines are closed but there is a problem with the perpendicular constraint. When I delete it the sketch will Pad

Thanks again.

The suggestions have helped me find the problem. I recreated the strange shape and padded it out and I realised that previously I had a "defining geometry" line and I also had a normal polyline *on top* of the defining geometry line.

This meant there were 2 lines instead of 1 in the same place.

At least I hope that was the problem. Thanks again.

exsolvespacer wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 3:14 pmI have the stable RealThunder branch because someone on YouTube convinced me that there was a large problem with Freecad in the way objects were dependent on one another.

Kind of things why we request to give full FreeCAD info when asking for help. Please read link in the red banner to learn more.

exsolvespacer wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 3:25 pmThanks again.

The suggestions have helped me find the problem. I recreated the strange shape and padded it out and I realised that previously I had a "defining geometry" line and I also had a normal polyline *on top* of the defining geometry line.

This meant there were 2 lines instead of 1 in the same place.

At least I hope that was the problem. Thanks again.

No that wasn't the problem. FreeCAD safely ignores the external geometries when operating on sketches. As I told, just recomputing your document was enough for me.

openBrain wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 3:29 pm

exsolvespacer wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 3:14 pmI have the stable RealThunder branch because someone on YouTube convinced me that there was a large problem with Freecad in the way objects were dependent on one another.

Kind of things why we request to give full FreeCAD info when asking for help. Please read link in the red banner to learn more.

exsolvespacer wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 3:25 pmThanks again.

The suggestions have helped me find the problem. I recreated the strange shape and padded it out and I realised that previously I had a "defining geometry" line and I also had a normal polyline *on top* of the defining geometry line.

This meant there were 2 lines instead of 1 in the same place.

At least I hope that was the problem. Thanks again.

No that wasn't the problem. FreeCAD safely ignores the external geometries when operating on sketches. As I told, just recomputing your document was enough for me.

Okay, thanks for clearing that up.

I will recompute next time I have a strange problem. All the best!