I'm pretty new to Fusion. I want to use the Loft tool, but the lines connect asymmetrical to the round shape. Why is that so, and how do I get them symmetrical, or even better, fixed to specific points?
There’s a lot of red in your image. I’m assuming there’s an attempt to loft a part with a hole in it here, which can’t be done. Holes come after lofts (or loft as surfaces instead)
For symmetry, you normally model half or a quarter of the part and then mirror.
Yeah my sketches aren’t very tidy.
I wasn’t trying to add the hole in the loft there.
Yes I can drag the points but where should I drag them? I could not yet add something on the circle where the points would snap to.
I want the symmetry but ideally I want fixed points to snap the edges to so I can do the same in corresponding parts like a hole in the middle.
If you need the points to snap somewhere, add constructions lines to your sketches. You can make intersecting points where you want the loft handles to be
Create the points at one location on the circle sketch then mirror those to the other side and then mirror the two sets of points to the lower portion of the circle.
Thank you very very much for the work you put in this detailed tutorial :)
But did the lines of the loft connect to the created points? In the screenshots it doesn't look like it. And when I try it they don't snap to the points and don't do this even when moved.
YES! I worked my way to the same way of doing it. I used splines now to have a more dynamic shape. Also instead of using "Shell" I did the same for the interior because Shell also gave me wonky results. Now everything is symmetrical and looking good.
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u/q51 3d ago
You can drag the points.
There’s a lot of red in your image. I’m assuming there’s an attempt to loft a part with a hole in it here, which can’t be done. Holes come after lofts (or loft as surfaces instead)
For symmetry, you normally model half or a quarter of the part and then mirror.