what's a loft?

[Wanderer]

this forum looked a little lonely being so empty...

I keep hearing this word, loft... it's evidently something cool?

[a_meteni]

3d lofter is used to convert from 2d to 3d objects
i was familar with this long time before when i was using 3dstudio 4 under Dos. it had 5 modules: 2d shaper ,3d lofter ,3d editor , material editor & Animator

[Mike.Perry]

this forum looked a little lonely being so empty...

I keep hearing this word, loft... it's evidently something cool?

Hi

From this post ( Breaking info on AutoCAD 2007 ), you might like to review the below links ( all talk about "Loft" )...

* AutoCAD 2007 Preview Guide by Shaan Hurley
* AutoCAD 2007 new features! by Ellen Finkelstein
* AutoCAD 2007: So many solids! How do you choose? by Heidi Hewett
* AutoCAD 2007 has left the building!!! by Heidi Hewett

Have a good one, Mike

[Brian Myers]

Short answer... yep, it's real cool! (See Mike's links for more info)

[Wanderer]

geez, some AE you are

btw... I gotta call Pat... I finally got my EA account number... WOOT!

Short answer... yep, it's real cool! (See Mike's links for more info)

[johan d]

If a loft is a software/hardware thing... see posts above.

Here a loft is a place to live. Created from old factory buildings... Usually 1 floor per loft (very big room in square meters) where everthing is located.

Very cool and trendy here. (and very expensive)

[Wanderer]

sweeeet rendering. hehe... yes, I am familiar with this type of loft.

If a loft is a software/hardware thing... see posts above.

Here a loft is a place to live. Created from old factory buildings... Usually 1 floor per loft (very big room in square meters) where everthing is located.

Very cool and trendy here. (and very expensive)

[Ed Jobe]

I found this online:

Loft-A modeling tool that creates surfaces from a series of profile curves.

LOFT
A command which creates a 3d polygon object by connecting a series of splines or lines with a "skin" of polygons.

[cwentworth]

That's probably the best definition I think I've heard yet! I did this model with lofts only.

I found this online:

[Wanderer]

Wow... nice definition. Thanks, Ed.

very neat looking pic, cwentworth!

I found this online: