Fusion 360 for Makers, 2nd Edition

Use the Construct→Offset Plane tool to make

aligned surfaces on which to draw the sketches.

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).

You can adjust the loft’s appearance by dragging

rails created during the loft to new positions, or by

dragging the shape of the sketches. You can also

add rails of your own between the sketches. The

rails can be a centerline, which is an option in the

dialog box, or ones you draw.

Rails are kind of tricky to draw because they must

touch all the lofted profiles to work. To that end,

it’s helpful to place points on each sketch with the

Construct menu’s Points tools, such as Point at

Vertex and Point Along Path. Enable 3D sketching

by checking ...