# LOFT Command
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**Function Description:**
This command is used to create 3D solids or surfaces by several cross sections.
User can apply the LOFT command on the following objects or sub objects:
1.The following objects can be selected as cross sections:2D polyline, spline, arc, elliptical arc, and line.
2.The following objects can be selected as path:3D polyline, spline and line.
3.The following objects can be selected as guides: Spline and line. Users can set the DELOBJ system variable to delete cross sections, guides and path automatically.
**Command Access:**
> **Icon:** 
> **Menu:** Draw > Modeling > Loft
> **Ribbon:** 3D > Modeling > Loft
> **Toolbar:** Modeling > Loft
> **Command:** LOFT
> **Alias:** /
**Command Prompts:**
```
Select cross sections in lofting order or [MOde]:
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Those cross sections determine the shape of 3D solids or surfaces and there must be at least two cross sections.

Lofting profile can be open or closed, planar or non-planar, and can also be edge of sub objects.
 
## **Select cross sections in lofting order**
Specifies open or closed cross sections in lofting order.
- **Guides:**
Specify loft guides to control solid or surface shape. Users can specify control points to match corresponding cross sections.
**Note:**The guide surface must intersect with each cross section. The guide surface starts from the first cross section. The guide surface ends at the last cross section. Users can select a few guides for lofting surfaces or solids and press ENTER to finish.
 
- **Path:**
Specify loft path for solid or surface. The path must intersect with planes of cross sections.
 
- **Cross sections only:**
Create loft by cross sections without guides or path.
- **Settings:**
The Loft Settings dialog box is displayed as shown below.

## Mode
Controls whether the lofted object is a solid or a surface.
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**Related References:**
- [Commands about Constructing 3D Solids and Surfaces from 2D Geometry (GstarCAD 2026)](../../2026/Commands/Command%20Groups/Commands%20about%20Constructing%203D%20Solids%20and%20Surfaces%20from%202D%20Geometry.md)
**Related Tasks:**
- [To Create a Solid by Lofting Through a Set of Cross-section Profiles (GstarCAD 2026)](../../2026/Commands/To%20Create%20a%20Solid%20by%20Lofting%20Through%20a%20Set%20of%20Cross-section%20Profiles.md)
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