Example: Create a guided loft using non-planar profiles

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Non-planar profile	Non-planar profile rotated view	Non-planar profile rotated view

Non-planar profiles or planar profiles that are not orthogonal to the spine can be used to create a surface.

• Birails are not supported.

• There may be unexpected results when using non-planar profiles, especially when using Variation Options:

◦ The attachment point position is not clearly defined for non-planar profiles.

◦ With Offset Scaling, the offset is applied orthogonally to the spine at the attachment point.

Select the non-planar profile as you would a planar profile.

If the spine is too short to calculate an attachment point with the profile, you will get an error message. Add a curve to the spine to increase its length and an attachment point will be generated by the system.

Spine (orange) is too short to calculate attachment point of non-planar profile

Add a linear segment to spine

Surface is trimmed at the outermost non-planar profiles