Hi,
I'm trying to get a pipe to loft up to a slightly larger diameter for a shop vac..but no matter what I try I can't get it to work? It just give an error "The loft could not be created. Try changing profiles for rails or center line or adjusting continuity conditions." (Which I don't really understand!)
How can I get two different pipe diameters to join? Thanks for any clues!
Use outside circles for solid loft.
Use inside circles for an inside cut loft.
You need another sketch on the end of the pipe, or solid pipe and shell after the loft.
Loft can not do donuts in one go.
Thank you I really appreciate the replies...but I'm struggling to get this to work. I'm having difficult getting the loft command to work. I'm doing something wrong. Here is step by step what I try:
1) I click on the open end of the pipe..and I create an Offset plane.
2) I click on this plane..and then create a centre circle.
3) I highlight the new circle sketch at the end of the pipe...a completely solid circle.....exit the sketch...then click on the larger circle about 10mm above. Again just a solid circle.
4) I choose "Loft"
5) The loft command does not work as I'm used to...it just doesn't connect. It looks like this picture. Thank you..I really don't understand why this doesn't work?
Edit: I've just discovered if I start a completely new design I can get a loft to work from one circle to another..but inside this particular project the loft feature appears broken! (Or I've somehow destroyed lofting ability!)
Ok..this is absolutely weird...I've just drawn two circles above each other..I choose Loft...and nothing happens..but there is a loft in the timeline. Interestingly there is a centre dot that I don't normally see. Can anyone figure out what is going on? Here is the current project:
Screenshot of the loft that isn't a loft!
Edit: I actually just recreated a blank pipe in another file...and this worked well..so something somehow has become corrupted in that main project that blocks lofting! Really strange.
@matthewpolack wrote:...inside this particular project the loft feature appears broken! (Or I've somehow destroyed lofting ability!)
Whenever you get unexpected behavior - you should Attach this new file here.
The geometry is there.
Tip: Rather than attempting to Loft pipes - model as solid and use Shell instead.
BTW - where are your dimensions? Blue sketches should keep you awake at night.
And this could have been done with Revolve rather than Loft.
Thanks so much. I've been working for a couple of hours on trying to get this to work! I ended up trying the strategy mentioned above which was to loft cut...but this wouldn't work to cut! (The "Ok" button is greyed out.) Looks like maybe I should have tried a different strategy like shell or revolve? Thanks so much for the help...I'm really struggling with how to do this...what is the best method...and there is just so much I don't understand...but will keep trying! Thank you.
Thanks for this file. I can see what you have done now..thank you!
One last question,..when i do shell command on mine...my shell command does not punch a hole in the bottom like yours? It is left with a base like this?
EDIT: I get it now...you make the entire pipe first...THEN shell it later...thank you! That makes sense!
Well I got there...thank you all...took me several hours...but a lot of that was education in the process! Thank you very much!
Actually the sweep scales the wall thickness if done with donut profile, so back to Shell.
(Modified Whisperer's file for this demo - so pipe and intermediate sketch stuff, are not strictly required.)
Dimensions are required to fully constrain some sketches.
Might help....
