Guided loft: Create a surface using non-planar profiles

Description: 5 minutes; Lab exercise: 20 minutes

Use non-planar profiles to create a surface.

Non-planar profiles, or planar profiles that are not orthogonal to the spine, can be used to create a surface.

Lab exercise

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  1. Save the file nonPlanarProfile.pkg on your system.
  2. Load the nonPlanarProfile.pkg file.
  3. Click Surfacing .
  4. Click Guided Loft in the Create Face section.
  5. Select the two curves as the Spine.
  6. Select the edges of the non-planar opening on the cylinder and the edges of the planar rectangle as the Profile Edges. Select the non-planar profile as you would a planar profile.

If the spine is too short to calculate an attachment point with the profile, you will get an error message.  Add a curve to the spine to increase its length and an attachment point will be generated by the system.

  1. Click to complete the operation.