Guided loft: Create a split surface

Description: 5 minutes; Lab exercise: 20 minutes

Split a guided loft surface at the vertices of the spine or at the profiles.

Split by spine

If the spine is made up of more than one curve (or edge) and only one profile is picked, you can split the surface at the spine vertices.

Split at profiles

If more than one profile is picked, you can split the surface at the profiles. Use this option if you want to add the surface to an existing model. The boundary of the newly generated surface and the edges of the existing model (which may have been used as profiles) are identical and the surfaces can be connected along these edges.

Lab exercise

Split by spine

  1. Load the splitatspinevertices.pkg file.
  2. Click Surfacing .
  3. Click Guided Loft in the Create Face section.
  4. Select the three edges or lines as the Spine.
  5. Select the curve as the Profile Edges.
  6. Click Preview. One surface will be created.
  7. Check Split at under Spine. Three surfaces will be created.
  8. Click to complete the operation.

With Split at off

With Split at on

Split at profiles

  1. Load the splitatprofiles.pkg file.
  2. Click Surfacing .
  3. Click Guided Loft in the Create Face section.
  4. Select the line as the Spine.
  5. Select the three curves as the Profile Edges.
  6. Click Preview. One surface will be created.
  7. Check Split at under Profile Edges. Two surfaces will be created.
  8. Click to complete the operation.

With Split at off

With Split at on