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Loft with two helix as guides

jerome_goyet
jerome_goyet Member Posts: 16 ✭✭
in Community Support
Hello
I cannot figure out why the loft function is not working between two rectangles linked by two guides. These two guides are 2 Helix on one cylinder and one cone.
Any hint ?
Thanks.

link :https://cad.onshape.com/documents/222ab969059100e7553483e5/w/5b1f616ae80e552e159ad47b/e/1a3ada42250135a48b6cf80c

Answers

  • mahir
    mahir Member, Developers Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Funny. I'd like to test your model, but every time I try to make a copy of the workspace, it becomes another model. I'm guessing it has something to do with the common name being used ("Test"). I tried making public/private and/or renaming. Same issue. @ilya_baran, do you see the same workspace copy behavior?
  • ilya_baran
    ilya_baran Onshape Employees, Developers, HDM Posts: 1,273 image
    @mahir
    I am not seeing that -- can make a copy fine.  Please file a support ticket if you see such weirdness.
    Ilya Baran \ VP, Architecture and FeatureScript \ Onshape Inc
  • mahir
    mahir Member, Developers Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @jerome_goyet, I believe the issue is with the points without guide curves. OS doesn't know how to connect them without creating a self-intersection. I tried creating some guide curves and lofting individual surfaces, but OS didn't like that back surface.

    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/5791360ae4b02dc672bd6227/w/6ce0e0871423b9c2ba9d3fb0/e/86ff37a636076790310b3d62
  • jerome_goyet
    jerome_goyet Member Posts: 16 ✭✭
    edited July 2016
    Many thanks for your answers,
    - the file "test" on which I made the drawings seems quite weird as it size is 110Mo whereas it contains basic shapes, it looks like a corrupted file as you were not able to make a copy.
    - regarding the loft creation, my wish is to create a solid, i'll try again by applying your advice (one guide curve per profile point)


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