Thickening a Surface Generated by Surface Lofts between Splines

cory_ibanez

Hi, I am trying to create a smooth but non uniform surface, then perform a thicken on this surface. I have managed to create the surface that I desire but I am having trouble getting the thicken tool to function properly. The goal is to create a pod like structure with a thickness of about 2mm. I am open to other approaches but this is the closest I could get with the methods I've found. A link to the document is here 

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/0050b3edcc24c3b8cac7136d/w/a120d7aca21e1b1f73c3c54d/e/fd1d685f4d64609d24ffabe7

Thanks

michał_1

It's a bad articulation of your idea. Do you really mean to have those?

When you are creating those angled sections you might think you know how the surface will look like, but we usually fail to do so. Much better is to add a rail. The second thing is if thicken is the tool you need maybe shell will do a better job? Check this: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/593edf4c1daab832b61548e8/v/a07412afc72b6bdd6b09c639/e/62b91a7f3b67a47613c5e45e

cory_ibanez

Ah so its those little creases that are causing issues? How would I go about getting rid of those? Or is that just a consequence of lofting between differently shaped splines? Edit: Nevermind I see how you've done it. You instead used a guide for just 3 splines to ensure they transition properly. Thanks for the help!