Loft with Guide Curve
and non-Planar Profile
You can create a guide curve
loft by using two or more profiles and one or more guide curves to connect
the profiles. The profiles can be either planar or non-planar. The guide
curves help you control the intermediate profiles that are generated.
To create
a loft using guide curves and non-planar profiles:
Use a split
line to create a non-planar profile on a model face.
Sketch
one or more guide curves.
See
for using guide curves with a loft.
Add a Pierce relation between the guide curves
and an edge or vertex on the non-planar face.
Sketch
the remaining profiles needed to create the loft.
Add
relations between the profiles and guide curves:
Pierce relations between the guide curves
and vertices, user-defined sketch points, or both, on the profiles.
Coincident relations between vertices,
user-defined sketch points, or both, of the guide curves and the profiles.
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Non-planar
profile with split line and guide curve |
Non-planar
profile with split line and guide curve leading to planar profile |
Click one
of the following:
Lofted Boss/Base 
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
.
To select the profile sketch on the non-planar face, you
must use the Select Group 
tool in the SelectionManager
to select the individual profile sketch edges.
Click OK 
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Related Topics
Loft
Overview
Loft
PropertyManager