I, too, can pretend to be a top-posting 'tard. I have worked in the Santa Clara Valley for over 30 years, with most of the shops both her and in other parts of the country. Now, I'm trying to understand part of what you wrote: "In these shops, AutoCAD is as common as hen's teeth." followed by "AutoCAD? They wouldn't waste their time with it." I'm trying to make sense out of your axe. "Who we are and who we become depends, in part, on whom we love." -- "A General Theory Of Love" Thanks, Mom ______________________________________________________________ Glen Appleby <HTTP://www.armory.com/~glena/>
Ever seen a chicken's smile, Glen? BTW, the top-poster/bottom-poster thing has yet to be decided by natural selection so you might wanna be nice just in case.
Say you're drawing a boat hull. Yu lay out the ribs in proper position in 3D space. Lofting will project one rib to the next, as a solid, smoothly curved, to form your hull. It is the same as you do with your ductwork. You have a flange at one end and another, some distance away, that you have to connect with a smooth transition. Lofting does that. Click loft, select your objects, click finish and your done. Shape is controlled the same as a spline, with points between the extremities. As such, complex shapes often require a bit of messing with intermediate profiles but it can produce excellent results.
Yup. But it required someone (not ME) punching her in the beak. Why, do ya think that CW might gimme a kiss and pissin' him off would void that?
No, because it would be the enlightened thing to do. If you can't stand someone's contributions here you can always do what I'm about to..... <PLONK>
If ya do that on the tip of the beak, might it be another way to make a bird smile? Glen (been off-net for a bit) Appleby
