Can anyone tell me how to create this loft. I attached a picture. This is a duct that on the top has a fan attached and on the bottom covers 4 sides of a heat sink.
I keep getting the error: "Unable to create this feature because it would result in zero-thickness geometry".
Thanks in advance. I'm sure someone will point out what I am doing wrong shortly. lol
It looks to me like your issue is here (red rectangle):
And there also seems to be a different issue in the green rectangle.
Can you make the red rectangle area tangent to the vertical edge instead of the blue horizontal edge?
Dan,
Unfortunately I am charting new ground with this loft. I haven't ever done a loft like this one before.
I can tell you that I need the loft to follow the guide curve I selected but, that guide curve is affecting all of the surfaces, not just the front face.
I will try and attach the model so maybe you can noodle around with it.
Again, thanks
..suggest focusing on 1/2,.. use the side profiles,.. extrude.. trim each, add a mid sketch profile.. and boundary surface.. knit/mirror.
Am I missing something here? I'm on '16. Is lofting between to separate bodies in 17?
Bryan.. yeah... I did surfaces (I prefer them).. but you could do a solid loft/boundary doing a few things.. like.//split, two lofts with gc's and shell.. OR... I'm missing how to do a full body?... Can you show or someone show how to do a full body or multiple faces??
Paul,
I cannot thank you enough. I will be spending quite a bit of time going over what you did so that I can do it myself again.
Thanks
Jonathan
Jonathan.. no prob.. hey, Bryan Obermeyer mentioned body lofts.. that is another way.. I posted how I'd do it but.. maybe some knows another faster way?
Paul,
How can I give thickness to those surfaces?
Jonathan
Jonathan,.. well... you can copy/surface the plate faces.. and untrim them.. and knit/solid... then shell.
..suggest focusing on 1/2,.. use the side profiles,.. extrude.. trim each, add a mid sketch profile.. and boundary surface.. knit/mirror.