Well as it turns out the imported file had two distinct disjoint contours.
As a new user of Solidworks....I had completely forgotten that this program could not extrude two completely seperate shapes - a problem aparently fixed in SW2003 or 2004.
The problem was that when getting the...
Thanks All but I have not found the problem.
I have often used the "Check Sketch for Feature". It highlights a particular line. I delete the line, redraw it,ensuring that it traverses the space from endpoint to end point, and still get the same error.
Dennyd - I have turned on this...
I am using 2001
Have imported a sketch from a DXF file.
Doesn't matter what I do I cannot base extrude as I get the disjoint contour message.
Even when I do a sketch , by hand ( not in any way linked to the imported sketch) I get the same message. Each time it tells me that a different contour (...