Hey all its been a while since Ive had to create anything. Anyway I looking for the best work flow. I import the pdf with the line art and then I want the artwork extruded to be 1/2 in tall then I plan to export as a stl for printing.
For some reason if I extrude I cant cap and make a solid. So I think I must need to do something to the artwork but man Im feeling stumped at the moment.
Thanks for any guidance
Um we don’t have lots to work with but lots of artwork you get from someone else in PDF is not fit for purpose and needs extensive cleanup.
There will be self-intersecting loops and just awful jagged crap. To find the problem areas use CurvatureGraph, and you can try using PlanarSrf: if there are sections looping back on themselves it will pop up a warning about self-intersections, but it won’t tell you exactly where they are.
Hi @EVERETT_CARSON
Also commands like SelClosedCrv, SelOpenCrv and ShowEnds will help you in identifying curves that are either good or bad for extruding. If the curves are closed, but self-intersecting, sometimes CurveBoolean can also be of help. If you are lost, please post a file 
HTH, Jakob