Lofts
Lofts
(OP)
Help! I am trying to create a "cut loft". I have created my starting sketch & end sketch. When I go to create the loft cut, SW picks the points and I cannot, for love nor money figure out how to change the choosen points. I read the help file, and it just says to choose the sketch again, but it still chooses the same point and its always the wrong one!
Thanks
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RE: Lofts
Jeff Mowry
DesignHaus Industrial Design
http://www.designhaus-i-d.com
RE: Lofts
Thanks
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You will probably need to delete your lofted cut feature--sometimes when you edit a feature I have found limitations in selecting viable sketches, etc. When you delete the feature and start over, the selections are then able to be made apart from the tree.
If that doesn't work, what version/SP are you using?
Also, what are your profiles like? Splines, arcs, lines?
Jeff Mowry
DesignHaus Industrial Design
http://www.designhaus-i-d.com
RE: Lofts
http://www.scottjbaugh.com/Design_Portfolio/SW%20Models.htm
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

3DVision Technologies
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
When in doubt, always check the help
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also, I find this sort of cut is more robust if I make the loft as a surface, and then cut the solid with the surface.
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Have created lofts many times, and I understand what your'all a sayin, but ....
1. I have not created the cut loft yet, all I have done is created 2 sketches which are very similar to each other, they are on individual, parallel planes.
2. But for some reason, no doubt my fault, I cannot pick from the sketch itself, just the history tree.
3. I tried to create a 3d sketch line from the points I want to utilize for the loft cut, but I can't make a relationship between the end point of the 3d line to the corresponding point on the sketch, because my sketches won't stay highlighted.
4. Closed everything, re-booted, still same thing.
5. My brain is frizzled!!
Appreciate all your insight though :)
Note for Scott: I tried to access your loft sample, but it wouldn't let me do that either.
Today just isn't my day .... in fact yesterday wasn't either .... and tommorrow ain't lookin too good either!!
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Many points I can't directly grab can be grabbed after skewing the sketches.
Remember...
"If you don't use your head,
your going to have to use your feet."
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FYI - The model is back up for Download - Thanks for finding that.
Best Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

3DVision Technologies
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
When in doubt, always check the help
RE: Lofts
Perhaps this is some annotations setting?
Have you made any successful lofts since upgrading (if you recently upgraded)?
Jeff Mowry
DesignHaus Industrial Design
http://www.designhaus-i-d.com
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It helps a lot to have "view, sketch's" turned on.
Sometimes I amaze myself!! not for the best either.
On the other hand, it's nice to have everybody's help.
Thanks much.