# Cover, Sweep, Loft

Enclose open edges, make geometry changes along a path of edges, and connect multiple profiles or edges.

## To close a series of faces

1. From the **Advanced Geometry Tools** menu in the action bar, click the **Cover** tool. ![](/files/T0oqTOqDDTmHGGLZTKfl)
2. Click the edges of the object you want to cover.

   <img src="/files/-MlG7uketfwxSlEH0sQS" alt="" data-size="original">

   1. Click **Finish**

      <img src="/files/-MlG7ukfdBBELY2tZoNE" alt="" data-size="original"><img src="/files/-MlG7ukgLVYpHf8PTqUl" alt="" data-size="original">

## To sweep geometry along a path

1. Use a line to mark the face of an object that you want to cut. ![](/files/-MlG7ukhiintRY3vsHlS)
2. Click the sweep tool icon. ![](/files/icsmwodDMOamEkT5qzxW)
3. Select the face you marked earlier.

   ```
    ![](../.gitbook/assets/sweep2.png) 
   ```

   1. Select the edge you want to cut.

      <img src="/files/-MlG7ukjhwEo7Qr9HeE1" alt="" data-size="original">
   2. Click the **Finish** icon. The original object is modified along the sweep path. ![](/files/-MlG7ukkC3jGyu2wWwwe)![](/files/-MlG7uklqrp9awP57YaR)

## To loft multiple profiles or edges

1. From the **Advanced Geometry Tools** menu in the Action bar, click the **Loft** tool. ![](/files/eY2umXv7I51W4lZG4P50)
2. Select the face or edges you want to loft on the first object.

   <img src="/files/-MlG7ukn1BF2Tj4QoNOk" alt="" data-size="original">
3. Select the face or edges you want to loft on the second object. Repeat this step for additional objects.

   <img src="/files/-MlG7ukoX6Dib4w_2xRZ" alt="" data-size="original">
4. Click the **Finish** icon. ![](/files/-MlG7ukpBVIfaRoNUzDw)

   <img src="/files/-MlG7ukqzafRssa1LzRR" alt="" data-size="original">


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