[Prboz]

Hi,

How do I make this a solid in Rhino, all I am trying to do is make a canopy to vacuum form for a jet.



Thanks

[mike sr1]

Draw your arc to the shape you want, use the revolve command, select 180 degrees, set the axis to revolve around, hit enter and your done...

I have it drawn in rhino 4 using the revolve command. If your going to make a mold, I would draw a box then use boolean difference to put the cavity in the box...... you need to cap the bottom of the canopy to make it a solid for the boolean to work.

I can email you the file, I dont know how to post it here.

[mike sr1]

This is a snip of the canopy file in rhino.

[Melkiades]

Loft command should work fine. If cplane oriented curves are open.
If you add profile curve somewhere in middle, you can use curve network command.

[mike sr1]

Loft command should work fine. If cplane oriented curves are open.
If you add profile curve somewhere in middle, you can use curve network command.

I tried the loft command and it worked even better, at least in this instance, It gave a more realistic frontal view of a canopy. I had never tried a loft command on open curves, thanks for the tip......

[Melkiades]

Enjoy! Just keep in mind that all input curves should be closed or open. Not mix them.