Lofting hollow sections

[EngJW]

Is it true that you cannot loft something like a tube cross section into another one? You have to make a solid tube first and then use cut-loft to cut out the inside. If so, is there an easier way to do this? Hopefully I'm wrong as this would be a nice feature for making ports and variable cross section tubes. Thanks.

 

[SBaugh]

Look at using a surface loft... but you cannot cut something if you don't have a solid to work with.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

faq731-376

 

[J-C]

The Loft feature can be "Thin" Option should be at the bottom of the property dialogue.

If your parts thickness is uniform, I would model it solid, then shell it.

Jason

UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2005 SP5.0 on WinXP SP2
SolidWorks 2006 SP3.0 on WinXP SP2

 

[Theophilus]

You can even vary which surfaces will be x or y thick.


Jeff Mowry

http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com

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