Use Non-Parallel Planes for a SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Loft! [VIDEO]

Some of my favorite enhancements to come from this latest release of SOLIDWORKS are addressing some limitations that have affected my own workflow in the past. Traditionally, one would require the use of parallel planes in order to create a SOLIDWORKS Sheet Metal Loft part with dissimilar profiles.  Once the loft was created, one could then cut the sheet metal at the required angle and hope that the body would unroll.

Now SOLIDWORKS has given us the ability to generate a dissimilar loft between two NON-PARALLEL planes!

I invite you to take a peek at the video below to see how:

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