Auto cad loft command 2020

Auto cad Loft command

As we know guys Auto Cad is computer aided designing software which is most popular among engineering designing professionals. Auto Cad offers us many type of command for handling parameters of drawing in it. It has range of both 2d and 3d commands so today we will discuss one of 3d command of this software which is Loft command in auto cad.

What is Loft in Auto Cad?

Loft is one of the 3d modeling command through which we can covert a 2d shape into solid along a cross section or any particular path. So let us have a look on Loft command of Auto Cad.

How to use Loft in Auto Cad?

We can use loft on any 2d shape for converting it into a solid shape by following some options of this command such as along with path, along with cross section and some other. We will discuss these options one by one and also analyze parameters of loft command of its settings box.

Before going through this method let us have a quickly review on the User Interface of this software so that handling of this software become easy for us. Starting from top here we have different Menus such as Home menu, Insert Menu, Annotation menu and some others, each of them helps us for managing of command and tool of this software, move to next section that is display window which is at the middle of this software, in this window you can see your drawn object of any drawing or whatever you draw in this software that will be display on it, if we talk about button end of this software then there are many option of navigation which helps us in handling of parameters during our working in this software.

This is Drafting and Annotation workspace screen of this software which is set as by default screen of this software.

Now for loft command we have to switch the workspace to modeling workspace. For changing the work space go to Workspace switcher option which is at the lower right corner of this software and click on it. A popup list will be open, choose 3D Basic option from the popup list.

Now let us have polygon command. For this go to Draw tab of Home menu of this software and click on icon of polygon command. Now give the number of sides of polygon. I will enter 6 as a sides value of polygon

Now let us make a copy of this polygon. For making copy of this polygon go to Modify tab of Home menu of this software and click on the icon of copy command.

Now select this polygon by clicking on it and press enter key then specify the base point and drag the polygon for copying it.

Now let us change the view of our drawing. For changing the view go to this View controls option of display window and click on it.

A popup list will be open choose Front view option from list.

Now i will take a Arc command from the Modify tab of Home menu of this software and make a arc like this.

Now again go to View control option and click on SE Isometric view option from the list.

Now go to Create tab of Home menu and click on the icon of Loft command. 

Now select both of the polygon with loft command one by one then press enter key.

Now command will ask you to select option for making solid shape with this loft command. I will choose Path option and press enter key. Now command will ask you to choose the path along which you want to make solid shape.

Once you choose the path loft will change it in this shape.

You can rotate it for seeing properly.

Now let us come to Top view again by View control.

Now again i will make two polygons like shown in figure. Then make a circle inside these polygons.

Now take move command from the Modify tab of Home menu and move shapes like shown in figure.

 Move shapes with same reference line for applying loft command properly.

Now again take loft command and select shape one by one starting from bottom shape and loft command covert it into solid shape. This is wire frame view of this solid.

Now press enter key, then command will ask you to select options through which you want to make solid. Here choose Cross section option only from list. 

Now change it into shaded style view to see the shaded view and command will change this shape into solid as shown in figure.

Now let us again make a shape like this for learning about next option of loft command.

Now again take loft command and select the shape one by one and press enter key.

Now again command will give you options through which you want to use loft. Now select Guide option then press enter key.

Now command will ask you to select the guide lines so select these lines one by one.

Then press enter key and your shape will convert into solid shape as shown in figure.

Now again use loft command for making solid like this and click on Settings option of the list.

Once you click on settings option, a setting popup box will be open.

Here you can change the value of parameters of this command for changing the shape of solid as shown in figure.

So this is all about the loft command in Auto Cad. You can now handle its parameters without any problem and use it for making good object of engineering drawing. After this article there will be no doubt in your mind about loft command of Auto Cad.