I rarely use Surfacing, and it's kicking my butt. I get lines between these three surface bodies when I knit surfaces. Gaps show up in the PropertyManager but there is no box to check to fix them.
There is probably a very simple fix, but this is only about the 2nd time I have used surfaces. This will need to be thickened 1/16" to the inside. Thanks for any help or advice.
Glenn
I think your primary problem is that you used the sketches to define the loft instead of the edges of the surfaces. I suggest that you instead use boundary surfaces since they are in general superior to lofts. I would also use tangency on the edges of the surfaces and use your guide curves as direction 2. I hope this helps.
Rob Stupplebeen
That worked. Thank you very much. I know I have a lot to learn about surfaces, but it may be 6 months before I need it again and that makes it hard to learn. My life would be much more difficult without this forum and the good folks on it.
Glenn
I not a 100% sure this what you want but, you can take a look. It is in SW2011.
Ralph,
Thank you but I am still using SW2010 and can't open it. Robert's post helped me got it done.
Glenn,
I think you could have used a Boundary Boss/Base instead of surfaces. Build it just the same, with the same sketches, but use Thin Features to build the bottom and top solids instead of surfaces, and then a Boundary Boss in between. May not be any faster or easier than surfaces, just another way to do it.
Jerry Steiger
I think your primary problem is that you used the sketches to define the loft instead of the edges of the surfaces. I suggest that you instead use boundary surfaces since they are in general superior to lofts. I would also use tangency on the edges of the surfaces and use your guide curves as direction 2. I hope this helps.
Rob Stupplebeen