Welcome to the Onshape forum! Ask questions and join in the discussions about everything Onshape.

First time visiting? Here are some places to start:
  1. Looking for a certain topic? Check out the categories filter or use Search (upper right).
  2. Need support? Ask a question to our Community Support category.
  3. Please submit support tickets for bugs but you can request improvements in the Product Feedback category.
  4. Be respectful, on topic and if you see a problem, Flag it.

If you would like to contact our Community Manager personally, feel free to send a private message or an email.

Using Loft to create tubercles

Hamza_HussainHamza_Hussain Member Posts: 4

Hello, I have been offsetting 2 variants of a NACA profile aerofoil and then my goal was to use loft to model a tubercle leading edge.

When I try and select more than 4 faces, I receive this error.

When just four faces are selected, this happens, see where I drew red, the trailing edge should just be completely flat.


I don't know what to do. I am tempted to move on to SolidWorks.

Answers

  • Matt_ShieldsMatt_Shields Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 565
    edited March 5

    Might need to share your document. I got something similar working. Tips:

    • If it's a pattern, make only one part, then pattern the part. No need to make the loft do all the work.
    • If you get weird edges, use guides.
  • GregBrownGregBrown Member, Onshape Employees, csevp, pcbaevp Posts: 272

    can you share a link to this document?

  • GregBrownGregBrown Member, Onshape Employees, csevp, pcbaevp Posts: 272
    edited March 5

    It will be down to how you are selecting the edges/faces in your loft profiles. The example here I made has 16 profiles…

    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/073ba2bb22f85a9c43240aec/w/369e334096863029c0fa9ba7/e/b36b5435e6fcad8c16e6823e

  • Hamza_HussainHamza_Hussain Member Posts: 4

    Fixed it! I was just being careless in making my second profile (I used the spline tool to trace it, rather than getting an exact duplicate). I duplicated the first profile and used (1-(span/tubercle amplitude)) to get a scale factor by which I scaled the second profile. Then I applied 38 surface offsets.

Sign In or Register to comment.