Of all the tools available in Shapr3D, lofting gives me the most pain. Obviously I don’t understand the limitations of the tool, but I can’t actually see why a resulting loft would not be valid.
For example, I am trying to model a reduction fitting between a 100mm vac pipe and the inlet into a de Walt orbital sander. I have both parts, but can’t do the loft between them. Just an oval to a circle. What am I missing?
Vac hose reducer.step (1007.8 KB)
Are the parts hollow? Loft doesn’t work on hollow cross-sections. You’ll need to modify the cross-sections to be solid, do the loft, and then use the shell tool to hollow it back out.
Aha! Yes, they are hollow. I’ll fix that.
Thanks for your help.
Duncan
I created 2 planes and projected the respective edges. Did the loft and shelled afterwards.
Hi. Me too. Worked like a charm. Thanks.
I realize @TheBum’s description was quite clear but nothing like a visual to add. Lots of newbies out there.
Indeed. Thank you.