Tutorial - Loft with guide curves

Branko Stokuca

5 Feb, 2012 10:48 AM

Tutorial

1. Step 1:

   If I have a part made by using a loft feature and I have two guide curves presented on the picture
   

   

2. Step 2:

   The part on the picture is created with the simple loft without using the guide curves. Now i want to use this two guide curves and I edit this loft.
   I expand the guide curve section
   

   

3. Step 3:

   I am only going to select one guide curve and under the options for the guide curves I will select to next sharp. In the preview I can see that only one edge is being effected with this selection.
   

   

4. Step 4:

   If instead of this option I chose global,
   

   

5. Step 5:

   In the preview I can see that the whole part is being effected with this selection/
   

   

6. Step 6:

   Than I select the second guide curve and because the option is set to global the whole part is effected by it.
   

   

7. Step 7:

   We can again change the selection and pick to next sharp
   

   

8. Step 8:

   In the preview we can see that only two edges are effected by this option
   

   

9. Step 9:

   Click OK and you have your part.