I encountered an error using Inventor 2018 and I sent the whole situation to Autodesk. No solution till now.
You can prove for yourselves the error by looking here: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/autodesk-inventor-professional-2018-loft-error/td-p/7514296
You will see the Inventor hanging...
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