Parting Surfaces - Loft With Guides

 

 

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This command allows to create Loft With Guides Parting Surfaces.

 

Creation stages / Use:

 

  1. Select the start edge of the surface.

  2. If needed, select the end edge.

  3. Modify the complementary options (see chapter "Available options" for details)
  4. Validate

 

 

Available options:

 

 

  • Start / end edges:

It is possible to select only the start edge, or both.

You can Reverse the direction of these 2 edges if the software fails in their automatic detections.

 

  • Parting edges only:

A filter allows to only select the Parting Edges. If the box is ticked, you will be no longer able to select any edges on the part.

 

 

 

 

  • Start/End profiles:

You can set the Start profile and the End profile, if TopSolid'Split was not able to find them automatically.
If the profiles don't exist, you can create them "from scratch" . The available functions are:

 

  • Closing:

You can choose the closing method:

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Corner

Profile

When the surface is computed, a spline curve is automatically created with tangency constraint on its extremities.
It is possible to edit this sketch by the "edit sketch" contextual command once the surface has been created

 

 

Add constraints:

Right click on a edge or the arrow of the profile, to add tangency constraints to your surface Loft With Guides:

 

Delete constraint

Right click on a edge , the arrow of the profile or the Constraint label to remove tangency constraints previously added.

 

 

 

 

 

  • Fitting:

Allow you to manage the "acceptable" tolerance between 2 surfaces.

 

  • Smoothing:

Allow you to manage the "acceptable" angular tolerance between 2 surfaces to proceed to an automatic Smoothing operation.