Why can't I Thicken the loft

greg_najda

Hey Guys,

I'm quite new to 3D modeling and not everything is always clear to me. Most of the time I try to find solutions on my own but this time I stocked.
I'm designing a small hood for my camera. I did thickening the loft in the previous part with success:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/0a788fb542acb02b1e765304/w/5a2804ef725087370323e76c/e/6c24c3c5778b510c6d8ea736

But when I tried to thicken again using exactly the same technique it was not working. Any idea what happened? Probably its something wrong with me
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/0a788fb542acb02b1e765304/w/5a2804ef725087370323e76c/e/08d8720878eeba3bf5bd4a18

Would appreciate any assistance.
Thanks

David_YL_Nguyen

Hey @greg_najda,

They sharp edge/small radius seem to be the issue. When trying to thickening these, this will likely lead to self intersection geometry. Would be best to clean up your supporting sketches and have some consistent radii to have a smooth transition for the loft.



Hope this helps, let us know if it works.

Cheers

greg_najda

Hey David. I did some cleaning and it helped. Thank you so much.