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How to make lofted surface with a smooth tip

You must know:

  • Curve Drawing (Curve)

  • Lofting (Loft)
  • Object Snaps
  • Move objects (Move)
  • Turn control points of a surface on (PtOn) and off (PtOff)
  • How to use elevator mode

You will learn:

  • How to make a tubular lofted surface end with a smooth tip

To create a lofted surface with a smooth tip:

  1. Open loft01.3dm.

  • Use Curve to create several closed curves in the Front view.

    Note: If you want the tip to be perfectly round, make sure
    the cross section curve next to the tip is planar and convex.
    (If you stretch a rubber band around the CVs of a convex
    curve, the band will touch all CVs).

  • Drag the curves in place in the Perspective view.

  • Use Loft with Point option. Pick a starting point using
    elevator mode and then pick the rest of the curves.
    This loft will have a sharp tip.

  • Use PtOn to turn on the CVs of the lofted surface.

  • Zoom in on the tip of the loft. There's a ring of CVs near
    the tip.
  • Draw a Line between CVs on the opposite sides of the loft
    using Point Object Snap.

  • There are many CVs stacked at the tip of the loft. Select
    them all using window selection.

  • Use Move combined with point and mid object snaps
    to move the CVs from the tip to the middle of the line.

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