Hey ... that gives me an idea ... a jaw jig! We could design one! When you
get something right, it could sense the position your mouth was in and
remember it for next time you are doing that. We'll be rich!
I'm not that good at saving failures. I usually keep on chugg'n till I find
something that's close enough. I will start saving some of them and pass
them along though.
I haven't seen any problems with uneven numbers of control points either;
just don't like having more than I need (get confused easily I guess).
Another problem I run into with lofts is getting the rail geometry in the
right place on rotated profiles. I've been using three-point workplanes but
when you have several profiles sometimes it's a real pain to get the rails
in the right place.Sure would be nice if the 3D sketch command had a
three-point arc tool to make rails with though. Dream on, no?
~Larry
"Jeff Howard" wrote in message
news:3E14ED0685994E56EFA06C486109598D@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Yup, that's it. You're just not holding your mouth right 8~)
>
> I get the picture, though. I just wasn't considering most of the things
you
> mention to be loft specific problems, but more general problems associated
> with a modeling engine that's designed for modeling cubes and cylinders.
My
> initial impression (limited time using) is that IV6 has brought some
> considerable improvement, though, and thus my curiosity. I didn't see a
file
> in CF (a new one or a previous one?), but if you have any of the problem
files
> tucked away, I'd be interested in seeing them if for no other reason than
to
> get a leg up on the learning curve.
>
> But, back to my original thought.... If I've ever seen an instance of a
> problem caused by having an unequal number of fit points in spline
profiles, I
> can't remember it and would be interested in seeing one for curiosity's
sake.
>
> Have a good one,
> Jeff
> ====================
>
>
>
> "Larry Caldwell" wrote in message
> news:B8A81051BF87533240073F1763D66B38@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Well ... quite a few, actually. Simple lofts work pretty well but slightly
> more complex lofts (like the one in CF) fail if I try to make it with one
> loft and get Access Violations trying with two lofts. Using two lofts
> results in visual lines where the lofts are joined instead of a smooth
> interface. Fillets won't hide the joint lines and fail most of the time.
> Make a cut on a loft it won't fillet in some cases (at least on curved
> edges). Have two lofts at zero offset causes failure. Lofting from inside
a
> loft fails. Circles lofted to other circles leave surfaces anomalies that
> won't take a large enough fillet to hide the imperfection. Lofts won't
join
> properly with other geometry. Basically many of the lofts I've tried just
> plain fail or aren't what I'm trying to achieve without adding 50 splines
to
> smooth things out. Loft a shape with sharp edges they won't fillet
> correctly. Guess that's a few to start with. Think maybe I just can't
model
> lofts very well? Maybe that's it, eh?
> ~Larry
>
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