Recognizing Loft Features

FeatureWorks can interactively recognize base lofts.

FeatureWorks recognizes base lofts with two or more similar or dissimilar profiles. The profiles can be parallel or non-parallel.

Unsupported loft entities:

  • End conditions Normal to profile and Direction vector
  • Guide curves
  • Profile connectors
  • Splines as profiles

To interactively recognize base lofts:

  1. Open the model.
  2. Click Recognize Features (Features toolbar) or Insert > FeatureWorks > Recognize Features .
  3. In the PropertyManager:
    1. Select Interactive for Recognition Mode.
    2. Select Standard features for Feature Type.
  4. Under Interactive Features:
    1. Select Base-Loft in Feature type.
    2. Select the faces for End Face 1 select_face_planar.png Button and End Face 2 select_face_planar.png Button.
  5. Click Recognize.
  6. Click .