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functionality of a loft with that of a sweep. Boundary is a very powerful feature, with options
for creating interpolated solid shapes. Face-by-face control, however, still must come from
using surfacing features.
Figure 7.8 shows the features made with F and X layouts of sketches. The F layout resembles
the letter F, and the sketches lie on the planes Right YZ, FrontXY, and Plane1. The X layout uses
sketches on RightYZ and Plane2. These two features represent sketch layouts that you can’t use
with the Loft feature.
Figure 7.8
using different profile
arrangements for
Boundary
solid features
Loft does have two conditions that Boundary cannot answer:
Centerline loft: All boundary profiles must intersect.
Closed loop loft without Direction 2 (guide) curves: To make a closed-loop boundary, you
must have Direction 2 curves that intersect Direction 1 curves.
