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The cross-section that Loft sweeps along a path.
cross section, section, blade, sword, pipe section, limb, sweep shape- Category
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Think of it as the shape you would see if you cut through the finished object. An n-sided shape is the limb and pipe section: four sides gives a square bar, eight or more rounds it off.
The rest are blade sections, described by width and thickness. Wedge is single-edged, with a flat spine and one cutting edge, which is what a knife or a cleaver wants and what a three-sided shape cannot fake, because a triangle puts a corner where the spine should be. Lens is a curved grind, diamond has a ridge down the middle, hexagon adds flat faces, and fullered sinks a groove into both sides.
Inputs
| Socket | Type | Wiring |
|---|
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Available when | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kind | ngon | wedge | lens | diamond | hexagon | fullered | ngon | always | |
| Sides | number | 8 | Kind is ngon | |
| Radius | number | 0.5 | Kind is ngon | |
| Width | number | 1 | Kind is undefined | |
| Thickness | number | 0.25 | Kind is undefined | |
| Edge Angle | number | 0 | Kind is undefined | |
| Fuller Units | absolute | ratio | absolute | Kind is fullered | |
| Fuller Depth | number | 0.06 | Kind is fullered | |
| Fuller Width | number | 0.3 | Kind is fullered |
8 of these 9 parameters only apply in some settings. The Available when column says which.
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