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3. You are going to Insert a JOIN operation to assemble all the Offset surfaces and the Blend surface
into one single surface.
? Multi select the seven Offsets and the created blend.
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Click on the Join icon .
All the pre-selected objects are added to the join list. Click on OK to confirm the Join creation.
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4. You are going to Extract a Boundary Curve from this JOIN surface.
? Select the Boundary icon .
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Select an edge of the Join as shown below.
? Click on OK to confirm the Boundary curve creation.
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5. You are going to Create a Sweep Surface using the circular section curve (Output1) per parameters
on the right.
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Click on the sweep icon .
In the Swept Surface Definition dialog box choose a Line Profile type and ’’With reference surface’’ Subtype.
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Select the Output1 circle as Guide curve1 and the Output1-Plane as Reference surface.
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Generative Shape Design ? Key in –88 degrees as Angle value and 100mm as Length 1
? Click on OK to confirm the Swept Surface creation.
6. You are going to create a Loft tangent to the Join and the Sweep surfaces
? Select the Loft icon .
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Select the Output1 as first Section and the Sweep.1 as tangent surface.
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