Since the lofted circles are on a plane that is not perpendicular to the loft's rail, isn't the resulting leg's cross section an ellipse instead of a circle?
The rails hit the center of each circle since we made a 3 point plane which 2 points were the center of those circles. Does not have to be perpendicular.
I would have thought to use the Sweep tool instead of Loft. When I try it, it doesn't connect the end correctly to the plate. Is that why you used Loft instead?
Hi Jeff, that is correct. The sweep will leave gaps near the L-bracket. You could sweep past the L-bracket and cut those pieces off, but that would be a few extra steps. The loft feature also gives a bit more control with the radius/bend at the top. Cheers, Kevin :)
Couldn't get it to work.... at approx 4:01 you draw a center line, but then it turns into a magenta projected line. Can't get it to do this. Also, at 4:58 you quickly state "first profile, second profile", but I can't figure out what you're selecting. Advice?
Hi Michael, please pardon the sloppiness of one of my first tutorials! 😂 The centerline was automatically turned magenta/projected because I snapped the center circle into it. That centerline is really just a construction line so it shouldn't affect your circle or the rest of the guide rail that you're creating. At 4:58, it was a bit laggy when I was recording audio and screencast so it didn't line up well... but essentially you select both circles as the profiles and then center centerline as the guide rail. Hope this helps! Cheers, Kevin :)
How did it go? Let me know if you have any questions or run into any roadblocks in the comments below! :)
Got it to work, but still can't figure out how you got the centerline to turn into a projected line.
Very helpful, thanks
Since the lofted circles are on a plane that is not perpendicular to the loft's rail, isn't the resulting leg's cross section an ellipse instead of a circle?
The rails hit the center of each circle since we made a 3 point plane which 2 points were the center of those circles. Does not have to be perpendicular.
I would have thought to use the Sweep tool instead of Loft. When I try it, it doesn't connect the end correctly to the plate. Is that why you used Loft instead?
Hi Jeff, that is correct. The sweep will leave gaps near the L-bracket. You could sweep past the L-bracket and cut those pieces off, but that would be a few extra steps. The loft feature also gives a bit more control with the radius/bend at the top. Cheers, Kevin :)
On step 2.40 where you set the angle for the plane, are you making a wild guess or is there a method to do that?
I was referencing a hairpin leg design that I found online :)
Your sketch wasn't fully constrained before the loft; how do you constrain it?
Putting in dimensions again.
Couldn't get it to work.... at approx 4:01 you draw a center line, but then it turns into a magenta projected line. Can't get it to do this. Also, at 4:58 you quickly state "first profile, second profile", but I can't figure out what you're selecting. Advice?
Hi Michael, please pardon the sloppiness of one of my first tutorials! 😂
The centerline was automatically turned magenta/projected because I snapped the center circle into it. That centerline is really just a construction line so it shouldn't affect your circle or the rest of the guide rail that you're creating.
At 4:58, it was a bit laggy when I was recording audio and screencast so it didn't line up well... but essentially you select both circles as the profiles and then center centerline as the guide rail.
Hope this helps! Cheers, Kevin :)
Thats how fast loft making is showed, I cant do that, gets error