Hi. I'm stuck. I'm quite new to Fusion 360. Loving it.
But... really struggling getting my head into lofting.
I want to create a vacuum form mould for an eye piece. Given the complex geometry it curves off in many directions. My logic thus far was:
1. Trace the outside
2. Mark out the high points (those that will end at horizontal)
3. Draw a shape in each plane then loft between them.
Pulling my hair out on this. Would really appreciate a few pointers. Cheers.
given what you have so far, I would try loft to a point. Use a Tangent condition for the point, and then select the other curves as Rail curves (you have to turn off chaining, and manually add a second Rail, to prevent it being considered a single Rail).
There are other ways to get this shape, but this is one way using Loft.
Wow. This is exactly what I needed. Problem is, when I follow exactly what you do, it says "rail is not smooth"?
You did not Attach your new file here.
(See Attached - I did not take the time to add the missing third rail.)
Also make sure that you uncheck Chain Selection 0:29 timestep in the video.
@michaelX7SKK - you missed one critical step. You need to turn "chaining" off when selecting the rails. With chaining on, Fusion will select the entire loop as a single rail, including the lines. You just want the curves:
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