How to create a loft from projected lines

[bluescreenUMEN9]

Hi,

I am new to Fusion and have a problem using prejected lines for creating a loft:

I want to cut through the half-cylinder. So I projected the left rectangle to the cylinder, which gives the pink lines. Now I want to create a loft from the backside blue rectangle to the pink lines. But that does not work. I cannot select the projected lines as starting or end points of the loft. I can do a loft from the left blue rectangle to the right blue rectangle which is slightly smaller. But then the upper and lower edges from the cutout are not parallel to the cylinders upper and lower edges. Therefore I did the projection.

Any hints how I can do that?

Thanks

Thorsten

[davebYYPCU · Accepted solution]

Go to Patch / Surface area,

Patch > Patch the curved face sketch.

Loft will select the patch Body as a profile for the cut to the back sketch.

The slight remanent, can be delete face.

Might help....

[bluescreenUMEN9]

It works, thank you. I had difficulties finding "patch" and at the moment I also don't know what it means, but it works.

[davebYYPCU]

Patch / Surface area, is similar to Model / Design area, 

Obviously not all tools are the same, as the Patch tools give a hollow or surface body, 

compared to Model results with solid not hollow bodies.

The Patch Tool fills a close shape with a paper thin film like body.

Laymans terms, there will be better explanations in the help menus.