Re: 2 modelling questions 2003-12-11 - By jon_shacklock
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Great answers everyone, thanks! Doug, you're exactly right, I meant parallel.
And
pipeline is the answer I was looking for. So easy when you know how. Now I'm
rocking!
As for the key cap. I'm using 3.01, and I've had a go at the boolean method
with poor
results. I'll keep trying it. Do I need a sphere with many, many points?
Mark D. Your spline method was what I started out doing but I don't get a
really
smooth 'dip' going from a rounded corner cross section to a teeny version of
same.
Again, maybe I need to make my round corners out of more points.
I shall prevail.
--- In Carrara@(protected), Douglas Alden Peterson <visualeyes@(protected)> wrote:
> > Hi, a couple of beginner's questions for you:
> > 1: In the spline room, is it possible to rotate a cross section
> > around the x axis so it's plane is no longer perpendicular to
> > it's adjacent cross section?
>
> Um, no one has attempted to answer this question
> because I think you meant "no longer parallel" instead
> of perpendicular. Yes?
>
> The only way to make cross sections not be parallel
> is to use the PIPELINE setting and then change the
> direction of the extrusion path. In pipeline mode, the
> cross sections remain perpendicular to the extrusion
> path.
>
> Beginners have a tough time with pipeline mode because
> it introduces another factor into the construction process.
> You'll need to play around with it for a while before it makes
> sense. Just remember that the cross sections remain perpendicular
> to the extrusion path and that, if you add an extrusion envelope
> to the object, the movement of the points on that envelope
> are controlled by the extrusion path -- movement can only be
> toward or away from the extrusion path because the points
> remain part of the cross section and that remains perpendicular
> to the extrusion path.
>
> Oh, another thing for beginners to know when using pipeline
> mode: Center your initial cross section unless you have a good
> reason not to.
>
>
> Doug
> --
> Douglas Alden Peterson
> Graphic Designer
> Visualeyes, Brighton, MI USA
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