Adding Bent Lofted Bends
The second type of Lofted Bend is the Bent version. Follow these steps to add it:
- Edit the current Lofted Bend feature; note that because we have already created a Formed Lofted Bend, we no longer have the option to change it to a Bent Lofted Bend.
However, we can delete the Lofted Bend and then reuse the same profiles to create a Bent version.
- Exit the Lofted Bend Property Manager so that we are no longer editing the feature, then select the feature in the FeatureManager Design Tree and press Delete. This will remove the Lofted Bend feature but keep the two underlying sketches.
- Select the Lofted Bend tool, and then select the two profiles again. Remember to try to select corresponding points on each profile.
- Now, select the Bent option from the Manufacturing Method section of the Property Manager.
- The Bent option contains many more sub-options than the Formed option, but at this stage, use the default options and press...