Power of LOFT!

 From:  Michael Gibson
6037.3 In reply to 6037.1 
Hi Andrei, I'm glad that you like Loft so much, it's a great fit for the types of models that you are showing here!

I don't think it would be helpful to get rid of other tools like Extrude or Revolve though - for different kinds of blocky or totally even rounded shapes those tools allow you to get precise results with a smaller number of curves. Being able to build models with a small number of curves is basically the cornerstone of NURBS modeling.

For example Extrude not only requires fewer curves but also knows how to make internal shapes into holes in the extruded result. So with one tool you can take a set of curves like this:



And then with just one single step produce this result here:




Doing this with only Loft alone would require a lot more work!

There are a whole lot of mechanical type models that are well suited for doing with extrude like this, I think it would be a big step backwards for those types of models to eliminate extrude...

There are many different types of models and certain kinds of model structures are easier and quicker to build with an extrude or a revolve.

- Michael