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Sweeps and Lofts

Sweeps and Lofts - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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Sweeps and Lofts

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- In this movie, we're going to be going over lofts and sweeps. To get started, let's look at this loft here. So I've basically just taken the top line and drawn a circle on it. Now, any time we think about it, a loft, we're going to be transitioning from one shape to another. So I need to have at least two sketches, first, before I can start creating that shape. So I have my first sketch here, so I want to go create a new sketch up above this one. So there's no plane there, so that's the first thing I need to do, is go ahead and create a new plane. So let's go up to "Reference Geometry", click on "Plane", and as my first reference, I'm just going to choose that top plane that's already there which is pre-selected here, and then give it a value. So if I click on this, I can just move this up, and I'm going to choose 90 milimeters. Click "Okay". Now I have a new plane up above that. Choose that plane, and go back to sketch and start a sketch. Now I'm just going to draw one more circle…

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