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Create tools: Sketch-based loft and sweep
From the course: Migrating from AutoCAD to Fusion 360
Create tools: Sketch-based loft and sweep
- [Instructor] Let's discover the Loft command. Basically, a Loft creates a transitional shape between two or more Sketch Profiles or planer faces. Let's create the Sketch. I'm going to hit R for rectangle and select our XZ plane, left-click, and on the Feature Options, I'm going to select center rectangle, let's place our center point at the origin, left-click. The active dimension right now is our horizontal dimension. I'm going to key in 50, hit Enter. Next I'm going to select this horizontal line and this vertical line, Control + left-click, right-click and select Equal. Our profile is now fully constrained. Next, let's select Stop Sketch, go to Home View, zoom out, head to Construct, and select Offset Plane, selecting this Sketch Profile. I'm going to pull this blue arrow up and key in 50, hitting Enter. Next, I'm going to select our newly created plane, left-click, right-click and select Create Sketch. Heading to Sketch, and let's select a Polygon, Circumscribed Polygon. We'll…
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Sketch mode/environment2m 1s
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Sketch constraints: Horizontal, vertical, and collinear4m 27s
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Sketch constraints: Coincident, concentric, and midpoint3m 14s
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Sketch constraints: Parallel, perpendicular, and tangent3m 35s
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Sketch constraints: Equal, symmetry, fix, and curvature5m
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Sketch profiles and fully constrained5m 56s
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Design intent2m 53s
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Create tools: Sketch-based extrude and revolve2m 30s
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Create tools: Sketch-based loft and sweep6m 1s
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Create tools: Sketch rib and web6m 17s
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Modify tools: Press pull4m 52s
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Modify tools: Chamfer and fillet3m 31s
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Modify tools: Draft and shell3m 51s
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Modify tools: Combine4m 13s
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Modify tools: Replace face, split face, and split body5m 58s
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