I’m creating a box to be 3D printed for my TEC-TEC-1G project. I have some mounting holes for the PCB and under these I want some supports. Managed to get those, but now want to add extra bracing/webbing so make those stronger. In the pic below, I was hoping to make it basically a cone shape, with t…

[image] markofbitcoin: However, when I try it on my angled support (it is perpendicular to the PCB) it takes away a cone, rather than creates one. Are you sure you united your supports with the main body? I tried with the angled one and it works the same: [image] [image]

Loft without the hole first and put hole after.

Deleted the hole… Still the same error. [image]

Make it like this. Just 2 simple circle sketch and loft. [image] Simple way to taper a cylinder by setting diameter Need help? We are here. 30 sec task To change sizes:

[image] markofbitcoin: Deleted the hole… Still the same error. Also you can use chamfer for that.

That is perfect! Except I’ve obvioulsy built my model incorrectly. When I create the shape you have, I can use that double fillet on the cylinder I made next to my support. However, when I try it on my angled support (it is perpendicular to the PCB) it takes away a cone, rather than creates one. I m…

Yep, when I create two circles in the middle of nowhere, loft is working exactly as per you videos. but not on my supports which I must have created incorrectly. Not sure how I should have created them, though… Bu I’ll tinker till I find a solution. The hard part is going to be lining up the support…

So there is a way to do it the way you originally wanted to do it, but its more work, maybe it will help you understand how to make the loft work. One issue with your original attempt, the reason why use sketch without hole is because the loft will be invalid. To make it valid you would need to di…

Oh I don’t have a problem with removing the hole for the loft, and then putting it back in… That’s easy. But I just don’t think I’ve gone about making the support correctly, in the first place. I created them from the PCB and pulled down… Not from the box and pulled up. The problem being that the bo…

[image] markofbitcoin: I created them from the PCB and pulled down… Not from the box and pulled up. That doesn’t matter at all.

[image] Xdrakosha: Are you sure you united your supports with the main body? Ahh… Nope. LOL! Didn’t know that was a thing, but now that you say it out loud, and having just tinkered enough with it (pulling it up from the box floor, then doing the fillet, then rotating the top circle 10 degree…

How to make Supports : Use Loft?

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Make it like this.

Just 2 simple circle sketch and loft.

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How to make Supports : Use Loft?

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