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Step 9Loft the Tapered portion of the Shaker style leg
Select the Loft Boss icon to start the creation of the leg taper loft. This will terminate the current sketch, and automatically populate it as the first item in the Cross Sections field of the Loft Boss dialog.
Hold down the CTRL key and select the previous sketch for the bottom of the leg from the Design Explorer. This will add the second sketch to the Loft. More sketches can be added to a loft to define more complex shapes, but a minimum of 2 are required.
Change the Label field to Leg Taper and leave the rest of the options unchanged.
Press the OK button to create the Tapered leg feature.
You have now created a tapered Shaker Leg, and you can add some Color and Part Data to complete the part.
The construction of the straight side along the Y axis, and reference planes crossing on the straight non-tapered edge will now help to orient the leg when inserting the part into an assembly. Just turn on the Reference Geometry for part after it is inserted into the Assembly. The taper is so shallow that it is easy to make a mistake and constrain the leg in an incorrect orientation. The ZX reference plane helps locate the transition from straight sides to the taper, and the leg Top and Bottom faces can be used for constraints as required.
This is one case where experience has shown it to be better to deviate from the standard of constructing a part symmetrically about the origin and reference axes.
Hold down the CTRL key and select the previous sketch for the bottom of the leg from the Design Explorer. This will add the second sketch to the Loft. More sketches can be added to a loft to define more complex shapes, but a minimum of 2 are required.
Change the Label field to Leg Taper and leave the rest of the options unchanged.
Press the OK button to create the Tapered leg feature.
You have now created a tapered Shaker Leg, and you can add some Color and Part Data to complete the part.
The construction of the straight side along the Y axis, and reference planes crossing on the straight non-tapered edge will now help to orient the leg when inserting the part into an assembly. Just turn on the Reference Geometry for part after it is inserted into the Assembly. The taper is so shallow that it is easy to make a mistake and constrain the leg in an incorrect orientation. The ZX reference plane helps locate the transition from straight sides to the taper, and the leg Top and Bottom faces can be used for constraints as required.
This is one case where experience has shown it to be better to deviate from the standard of constructing a part symmetrically about the origin and reference axes.
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