Loft with Centerline
You can create a loft that uses
a variation of a guide curve that acts as a centerline. The sketch planes
of all the intermediate sections are normal to the centerline. The centerline
can be a sketched curve, model edge, or curve.
Centerlines can
co-exist with guide curves.
To use
a centerline to guide a loft:
Create
the profiles.
Sketch
or select a curve to use as the centerline. The curve must intersect the
area inside each closed profile and any split line faces.
Click one
of the following:
Loft on the Features toolbar
or Insert,
Boss/Base, Loft
Lofted Cut on the Features
toolbar or Insert,
Cut, Loft
Lofted Surface on the
Surfaces toolbar or Insert, Surface,
Loft
In the
PropertyManager:
Select
the profiles to loft in the graphics area for Profiles
.
Under
Centerline Parameters:
Select
the centerline sketch in the graphics area for Centerline
.
To
preview the effect of the centerline, click Number
of Sections and move the slider to adjust the number of previews
to display in the graphics area. Then click Show
Sections to display the previews by using the
arrows .
The number of sections you specify affects the shape of the
loft. You may need to increase or decrease the number of sections to get
the desired shape.
Set
any other PropertyManager
options.
-
Click OK
.