Lofted Surface - Creating the Base

First, create the base for the nozzle using a surface loft between two arcs. Surface lofts include the same options as solid lofts. You can specify Start/End Tangency types and use Guide Curves.

1. Download and extract the sample file for this tutorial:
   1. Click here to download surfaces.zip to your Downloads folder.
      For more information on downloading and managing sample files, see Sample Files.
   2. Browse to the Downloads folder and extract surfaces.zip to a convenient location.
      For example, to organize your tutorial sample files, create a folder in your Documents folder named tutorial_files. Then extract into that folder to create a subfolder named surfaces that contains a SOLIDWORKS part file named nozzle.SLDPRT.
2. Browse to the location where you placed the surfaces folder in step 1, and open surfaces\nozzle.SLDPRT.
   

   For clarity, many images display only the sketches relevant to that procedure.
3. Click File > Save As New.
4. In the dialog box, for File name enter nozzle_01.sldpart, then click Save.
5. Click Lofted Surface on the Surfaces tab.
6. Select Sketch2 and Sketch3 for Profiles in the PropertyManager.
   
7. Under Start/End Constraints:
   1. Select Normal to Profile in Start constraint and End constraint.
   2. Set Start Tangent Length and End Tangent Length to 0.50.
8. Click OK .