Trying lofts that I expect should work are where I get most of the errors
from. Sean and I were trying to get a seemingly simple loft to work a couple
weeks ago but it refused ... period. It was two identical spline profiles on
offset workplanes that were supposed to loft (curve) to an angled different
profile on the third offset workplane. I would have never guessed it
wouldn't loft, but it wouldn't. That was one that pretty-much went through
all the possible errors between U&V and Just can't loft it: Loft Failed.
Correct the U&V error then get Not a manifold error, get that one fixed then
another or a failure. I'll bet it is a programming nightmare, specially the
part about splines.
~Larry
"Charles Bliss" wrote in message
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> I haven't gotten many errors but haven't gotten many "as expected / as
> desired" lofts either. I continue it is "me" and my lack of
> understanding about lofts. I suspect they are a programmers nightmare.
> My expectation is if I draw 8 sections in a circular path that I would
> get a smooth circular loft, instead, I get an octagonal loft. I
> encountered this in the mobius loop when I tried to add weight (which
> seems like an imprecise science).
>
> Larry Caldwell wrote:
>
> >Glad to have you on the "flexible loft" merry-go-round, Charles! I've
gotten
> >pretty good at getting Inventor generate pretty-much every loft error it
> >knows. Seems to me like there's an endless-loop in the code somewhere;
often
> >correcting what's generating one error causes another.
> >~Larry
> >
> >"Charles Bliss" wrote in message
> >news:3E0A9178.30207@cbliss.com...
> >
> >
> >>I debated whether to post my files or to see what others came up with.
> >> So far, it looks like everyone did it differently. What's that, there
> >>are as many ways to do something as there are engineers. Perhaps
> >>tomorrow I will post mine but I think we should see if there are any
> >>more takers. One thing this exercise points out is that Inventor could
> >>use a little flexibility on how we can define lofts. Anyone else notice
> >>that you can't map the points between the end points and start points on
> >>a loop close? This would have made it a lot easier.
> >>
> >>Larry Caldwell wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>...but we wouldn't like to see how you approached it, then, I take it.
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> >
> >>>~Larry
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>"Charles Bliss" wrote in message
> >>>news:3E095170.1030908@cbliss.com...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>While waiting for Santa, I got to wondering if R6 could create a
mobius
> >>>>loop. It wasn't as straight forward as I thought but... I have
poseted
> >>>>a jpeg of one I made and am curious how others might approach the
> >>>>problem. It is in CF under "mobius loop".
> >>>>
> >>>>Happy Holidays.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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