CorBlimeyLimey - I tried the sheet metal method, and it worked perfectly. It must have been that I was defining the curve with an arch at the outer edge of the shape when i ran the loft. Very slick approach, though. Thanks a ton. Now i have a flat DWG!
kgwhipp - i am interested in your...
Thank you for your responses! It's just the angle from the sweep image that makes it look concave - it is a dome.
I was able to get it to work as a whole using the loft command by creating the I/D and O/D hexadecagon for the top and bottom with 4 spline curves as supports.
My problem was every...
Did you mean something like this?
I can't think of how to get a sweep to work.
Thanks a ton for the response.http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=393b3d6b-f483-4379-be70-6ac4a7e985eb&file=Untitled.gif
I have been trying to create the attached, curved lampshade in solidworks. Each change in direction will be its own individual piece in reality - i just can't get the layout down. Nothing seems to handle running the loft and the curve at the same time.
Thanks for looking!
