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6 If appropriate, click the Closed Loop check box to join the beginning
and ending profiles of the loft.
7 If appropriate, click the Merge Tangent Faces check box so that an edge
is not created between tangent faces.
8 In Operation, click Join, Cut, or Intersect.
9 On the Conditions tab, the start and end profiles are listed. Click each,
and specify a boundary condition:
Apply no boundary conditions. It is the default.Free Condition
If you selected a loop or the profile is in a separate
sketch on the boundary of a face. Creates a loft
tangent to the adjacent faces.
Tangent Condition
Specify an angle measured relative to the section
or rail plane. Set the angle and weight of the condi-
tion.
Direction Condition
Creates a loft curvature continuous to the adjacent
faces.
Smooth (G2) Condi-
tion
10 On the Transition tab, Automatic Mapping is selected by default. If
desired, clear the check box to modify automatically created point sets
or add or delete points.
■ Click the point set row to modify, add, or delete.
■ A default calculated map point is created for each profile sketch. Click
position to specify a unitless value. Zero represents one end of the
line; one represents the other end. Decimal values represent positions
between ends.
11 Click OK to create the loft.
Coil Features
Use the Coil tool on the Part Features panel bar to create a helix-based feature.
Use this feature to create coil springs and threads. If the coil is the first feature
created, it is the base feature.
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