How do I create a solid from this sketch?

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How do I create a solid from this sketch?

damian.ravend
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Hi I have an assignment and I need to find the center of mass for this shape, but I cant manage to convert this sketch into a solid and I'm quite new so I don't no much, I've tried lofting, patching surfaces, and stitching but it never works.Screenshot 2022-02-12 202541.png

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Except for the body of the airplane your sketch doesn't constitute a volume, so how do you expect to have a center of mass for the whole model? If sketches of wings and tail were making a volume I would suggest to Patch every profile and then Boundary Fill. Then you would have a solid model of the whole airplane which Inspect >  Center of Mass could be used. Not that one cannot turn this sketch to a solid body, but assumptions are needed to be made about wings and tail. For example Patch, then Thicken (but what thickness?), or Loft wing's tip to the main body, etc. 

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damian.ravend
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Hi I've ended up using loft and thicken. That works too though, thanks for the response 😀

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