Hi,
I try to make a knife blade and i'm stuck when it come to make the edge. I try chamfer and loft but without any good result. I attached my file. Blade edge are define in the sketch. Any help would be appreciate.
Thanks
Mike
Use a sweep:
Notes:
Create an offset plane at the blade tip.
Create a sketch on the plane.
Project the blade body to the sketch.
Draw the desired edge profile. I used a 3 point arc to simulate a hollow grind.
Create an offset plane (or midplane) at the center of the blade.
Create a sketch on the plane.
Project the knife edge to the sketch (If you project the entire blade, delete all lines except for the edge lines).
Use a sweep to create the edge.
Mirror it to the other side.
ETFrench
I generally use draft when i do mine. But if yours has that much curve then sweep is really the cleanest option.
Chamfer wont work because your lines do not create a tangent chain. The sketch curvature is rather jagged and any modeling will reflect that.
And Patch > Loft doesn't do a bad job,
do yourself a favour and scale the canvass. (its called Calibrate)
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