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:

1. Create the profiles.

2. 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.

3. Click one of the following:

4. • 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

5. In the PropertyManager:

   1. Select the profiles to loft in the graphics area for Profiles .

   2. Under Centerline Parameters:

      1. Select the centerline sketch in the graphics area for Centerline .

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.

5. Click OK .