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Loft

Before After
 

Form a 3D object by planking the specified cross sections.

Procedure

  1. On the [Model] tab, go to



    and click ▼ at the side of [Extrude] .

    Select [Loft] on the sub menu.

    (Alternatively, right click the mouse. On the appearing menu, select     [Convert]-[Loft])
     

 

 

  1. Select the bodies which serve as cross sections.

     

  2. The selection sequence is important as the lofting is performed sequentially based on it.

  3. The starting and finishing bodies can be any type of body but solid.

  4. Cross sections or bodies in the middle need to be sheet or closed wire bodies.

  5. As a result of lofting, a solid body will be formed if both ends are sheet bodies. Otherwise, a sheet body will be formed.

  6. The number of vertices needs to be the same for all the cross sections and end bodies unless they are vertices or vertex-less plane figures such as circles, ellipses etc.

  7. Wire bodies need to be planar.

  8. Sheet bodies need to consist of a single-face planar topology.
     

 

  1. Click in the parameter input dialog box.

 

 

  1. A sheet or solid body will be formed from the selected bodies.