# Failed loft visualisation

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/failed-loft-visualisation/28586>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [October 25, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/failed-loft-visualisation/28586 "2023-10-25T13:17:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Dennis\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@Dennis\_L](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dennis_L)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/failed-loft-visualisation/28586/1 "2023-10-25T13:17:29Z")

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I got a lot of experience in CAD thanks to shapr.  
What i wish for a newbe like me would be a visualisation why a loft failed. At the moment we see only a error message with a short description. Can you visualize the loft with the caused damage? For me it would a little bit clearer what i have to change on my design in this moment.

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/failed-loft-visualisation/28586/2 "2023-10-25T13:20:41Z")

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With the release of parametric modeling, we’ll put in a lot of work into better error handling. Improved error messages and error handling is coming.

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@Dennis\_L](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dennis_L)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/failed-loft-visualisation/28586/3 "2023-10-25T13:28:45Z")

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Thank you for you fast answer. That sound good. Thank the whole team that make this happen.

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**Author:** ![justin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@justin](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/justin)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/failed-loft-visualisation/28586/4 "2023-10-25T19:52:38Z")

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Funnily enough, I was just coming to post this same thing after trying to process a loft with a guide edge that failed. I just want to know what’s wrong with the guide edge! ☹

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@Dennis\_L](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dennis_L)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/failed-loft-visualisation/28586/5 "2023-10-25T20:58:28Z")

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Maybe you can share your design with us and we can help you?

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**Author:** ![justin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@justin](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/justin)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/failed-loft-visualisation/28586/6 "2023-10-25T21:14:07Z")

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I figured out what I needed, but mostly I just wish there was a better explanation of guide curves somewhere. Like, do they have to be curves? Can it be a series of lines?

I was trying to join a series of faces together with straight lines, rather than curves from one to the next, so I drew lines joining each of them at their point, but that didn’t work with the Loft tool. (I ended up just doing each individual segment instead, then unioning them together)

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@Dennis\_L](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Dennis_L)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/failed-loft-visualisation/28586/7 "2023-10-26T08:49:59Z")

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I understand, hopefully we will see a better explanation in the future, like Istvan told.