Guided loft: Create a surface using Blending options

Description: 5 minutes; Lab exercise: 20 minutes

The blending options determine how multiple profiles will be blended and influence the shape of the surface. No blend faces are created, instead a smooth, single face between the selected profiles is created.

Choose from two blending options:

This option does not work with closed spines.  In that case, the spine is trimmed at the outermost profiles.

Lab exercise

  1. Save the file blendingOptions.pkg on your system.
  2. Load the blendingOptions.pkg file.
  3. Click Surfacing .
  4. Click Guided Loft in the Create Face section.
  5. Select the long line as the Spine.
  6. Select the other three lines (perpendicular to the spine) as the Profile Edges.
  7. Choose a blending option: either Hermite or Smooth.
  8. Click Preview. Notice how the blending option influences the shape of each blended surface.
  9. Click to complete the operation.

Blend option: Hermite

Blend option: Smooth

If you want to practice with Weights,

  1. Proceed with steps 1-7.
  2. Expand the Variation Options section.
  3. Click Change Weight.
  4. Click the profile you want to change the weight of.
  5. Type a value in Weight (between 0 and 3). The weight influences the importance of the profile on the shape of the surface.