Organic Shape

[snoofydog]

I am trying to attach a variety of splines to the top edge of an extruded shape, from which I want to loft and join back to the extuded shape.

I am having a hard time matching edges 

Is there an easier way to do this?

[Mike.Grau]

Hi @snoofydog,

Thank you for sharing your picture.

If you would like to use the loft feature, you can follow this work flow here.

Option 1:

1. Create a horizontal plane on top of your extruded spline with 

2. Create a sketch on that plane and "Project" the edge to that plane

3. Create two more vertical planes and draw your profile, just make sure that the profiles are closed

4. Use the loft feature in the "Sculpt" environment to create your profile 

5. once you have your profiles you can merge the edges and delete the faces you don't need manually

Here is the example file I have created for you http://a360.co/29HMbEN

Option 2:

From the shape I could see picture, I would guess you try to design a shoe?

Another option might just to design the entire shape in the "Schulpt" environment.

I have created a sample shoe like that below in approximately 10 min, so it is a great time saver and you have a lot flexibility.

Here is the link to the file. Please, feel free to use it. http://a360.co/29ssAnL

I hope this information helps.

Thanks,

[snoofydog]

Thanks Mike,

Any chance you have a screencast of making the shoe?

[Mike.Grau]

Hi @snoofydog,

I´m glad you like it. I do not have a screen cast right now, but I´ll create one for you.

You might like the youtube tutorials about "Sculpting" as well. Here is the link.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmA_xUT-8UlLfPIsxMZWGx50lQht4bJqh

I hope this helps.

Thanks,

[Mike.Grau]

Hi @snoofydog,

I think you might like this youtube tutorial here which shows in detail how to model a shoe.

I like it, it´s fantastic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRwdzwYd5iU

Thanks,