SOLIDWORKS: NASA OV-120 Space Shuttle

Create precise nose-section guide curves in SolidWorks by sketching lines, applying pierce, and using top and bottom guides to achieve an accurate lofted surface per the blueprint.

Use the lofted surface feature to connect multiple fuselage profiles, selecting edges and sketches in the tree diagram, then hide sketches and verify alignment.

Create the top and bottom guide curves by sketching lines on the right plane, drawing straight lines between points, and validating their alignment to control the side curves.

Create a side guide curve by sketching a straight line, use features to form the guard, align planes, place points, pierce lines, and verify against the blueprint.

Join fuselage sections in SolidWorks by creating a loft surface, updating sketches, and using the feature tree to review from the top view, then save.

Extend the fuselage line to align with the tail section, updating the design to 8.313 units in your sketch by referencing the linked Sketchfab model.

Create and reshape sketches in SOLIDWORKS to refine the NASA OV-120 Space Shuttle model by adjusting lines and dimensions and comparing it with this model here.

Set the top and bottom curves as guides, create splines to connect them, and use a lofted surface to join the profiles into a space shuttle component.