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Re: Change default settings in loft property manager?
I doubt if there's any way to change the default settings, but I can't help but ask: Why are you using Lofts instead of Sweeps to create wire? Isn't it the same size and shape at each end?
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Re: Change default settings in loft property manager?
Sweeps require a 3D sketch containing path splines. Setting the spline end tangents normal to the wire cross section is similarly very time consuming. Add to this the compute intensive nature of the 3D sketch and sweep generation. Lofting turns out to be much faster.
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Re: Change default settings in loft property manager?
Have you ever considered saving a round profile sketch as a Library Feature Part (.sldlfp), and using the Structural Shape function for wire? That way the profile is automatically normal to the path sketch. I rarely model wire, but I use this method for cables and rebar with good results. Rebar sometimes requires a 3d sketch for the path, and the cables almost always do. You could even attach custom properties for the wire sizes in the profile sketch that would carry over to the Part as cut list properties, which could then be referenced in a Drawing if needed.
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Re: Change default settings in loft property manager?
Make the sketches & loft how you need it, the save the part as a "New" Template, now you can choose that template and all you need to do is edit the sketches etc...