Loft Object

The loft object allows you to make any kind of tube or hose out of arbitrary spline profiles.

Usage
To use the loft object you just drag and drop at least two spline objects into the loft object. Cheetah3D will then calculate a smooth surfaces which passes through these spline profiles. All children of the loft object stay editable of course.

Properties

  • Sections U: The number of sections along the profile.
  • Sections V: The number of sections between the profiles.
  • Loop: Connects the first with the last profile and therefore creates a closed surface.
  • Linear: By default Cheetah3D interpolates smoothly between the profiles. By checking on this property a linear Interpolation is used.
  • Flip normals: When off (by default), clockwise-winding splines result in the extruded polygons to be outward-facing. Tick this to flip the normals so that they face inwards instead.
  • Cover: Controls whether the endings of the hose will be closed or not.