AutoCAD Inventor :: Smoothing Faces Of A Loft (square To Round Shape)
Oct 16, 2013
When I make a loft, from a 12x12 square to an 8" circle (12" high for the sake of arguement), the corners of the square kind of loft up to the circle where it's corners would be...leaving a sharp break between the planes
Is there a way to make it look like the sheet metal lofted flange appears? So that the corners of the square drift to the quadrants of the circle, making a smooth transition?
Inventor 2014
Windows 7 Pro SP1
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NVIDIA Quadro 4000
3D Connexion SpaceMouse Pro
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Create parting line failed Crane.ipt: Errors occurred during update Split11: Could not build this Split The attempted operation did not produce a meaningful result. Try with different inputs.
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