how do I do this?

 From:  Michael Gibson
1977.3 In reply to 1977.1 
Hi Rudy, it looks like you're currently trying to sweep the shape kind of "in place" directly.

It is possible to do that, but somewhat more difficult - here I will show you a different approach of combining more simple shapes, I'm not sure if it will be exactly what you need but it will make for a clean shell though.

To start with, I drew a profile curve in the front view:



I made sure there that the 2 ending points on each side are horizontal or vertical with one another to make sure the next step will be smoothly rounded.

Then select that profile, and run Construct / Revolve, and pick this as the revolve axis:



That creates this base form:



Now switch to the Top view, and draw a circle:



Select the base form, and run Construct / Boolean / Difference, and select the circle as the cutting object. That will leave you with this shape:



Now it is probably a good idea to shell it first, go to the under-side of the object and select that bottom face, then you can shell it:



After that you can select this edge:



And fillet:





- Michael