r/FreeCAD • u/lvl1samurai • 1d ago

How can I connect multiple bodies into a strip with a smooth transition?

Hi everyone,
I’m trying to arrange multiple keyboard switch holder bodies into a strip in FreeCAD and connect them smoothly. Here's what I’ve done so far:

  1. I’ve modeled a switch holder body in PartDesign.
  2. I used Draft → Clone to make three copies and positioned them in a line.
  3. I turned the clones into solids with Part → Create Simple Copy.
  4. I fused them into one solid using Part → Boolean → Union.

Now I want to connect these bodies with a smooth transition, but when I try to use Part → Loft between the faces, I get the error:

"At least two vertices, edges, wires, or faces are required".

My Question:

How can I connect these bodies into a smooth strip? Is lofting the right approach, or is there a better method to achieve a continuous, 3d printable solid?

Thanks for your help!

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u/Charles_Otter 17h ago

Not saying your way is the wrong way, as there are often a few different ways to do things. It sounds like you’re building a custom keyboard, if I was doing that I would use part assembly. 

I don’t know why you’re getting the error you are. If I was troubleshooting it I would recreate the steps with primitives (cubes) to rule out if it’s an operation issue or model issue.