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Extrude taper to hollow a lofted profile

dremanef_edu — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:37:57 GMT

Hello, i have tried sweep and loft and extrude with taper but i can't quite get around how to hollow this rectangle container. Can someone please help? I have designed two profiles on each Z plane.

This profile between planes is tapered 1.5º

I've also tried sweep with the path between planes but it gives me this: (it taperes the base profile, instead of finding the other rectangle:

Thanks for your time!

Re: Extrude taper to hollow a lofted profile

CGBenner — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:02:17 GMT

@dremanef_edu

Welcome to the forum! Thank you for the images. Do you have an image of what the final object should look like? Are you able to share your file here for others to look at? And last but not least, what version of Inventor are you working with?

Re: Extrude taper to hollow a lofted profile

blandb — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:55:47 GMT

Have you looked into shell..

Re: Extrude taper to hollow a lofted profile

ldutkaTUZ58 — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 14:20:34 GMT

Perhaps "Shell", then "Draft"??

Re: Extrude taper to hollow a lofted profile

CGBenner — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:30:06 GMT

@dremanef_edu Hello, do you still need help with this question?