Creating area lofts

An area loft enables you to create geometry by blending multiple profiles; they are similar to rail and centerline lofts, except with an area loft, you can define the area of each section at specific points along its path or centerline.

In this recipe, you will use an Area Loft operation to create the base geometry of a glass. The sketches and planes have already been created for you.

Getting ready

Open Glass.ipt file from the Chapter 4 folder.

How to do it…

In this example, we will use Area Loft to create the geometry of a glass. This will involve using the standard Loft command and selecting the Area Loft options. To do this, see the following:

1. With the Glass.ipt file open in Inventor, navigate to the 3D Model tab and select the Loft command.
2. The Loft command window now opens. From here you can create a range of different lofts but in this example, we will use the Area Loft function to create the geometry of this glass from the...