Re: wrapping a flat ribbon? 2004-01-16 - By Naomi Sullivan
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Man that sounds wonderful! And if I had Amapi 7, I'd already have the
program open and a printout of your directions sitting beside me, while
I tried it. But I only have the "freebie" that came with Carrara. Why
is that a problem? Cause for some reason Amapi 5.15 and my computer (or
video card) don't get along, and I've never been able to do anything
with it. Someday, I hope to get Amapi 7, and then I'll jump all over
projects like this. *smile* As it is, I'm trying it the hard way in
Carrara right now.
But, I hope your advice gets used by someone who has the program, cause
it sounds great!
whkguamusa wrote on 1/16/2004, 5:57 PM:
> Hi Naomi,
> If you don't suffer from Amapi-phobia you can do it there in there
> with just a few mouse clicks.
> Amapi 7:
> 1. Build or load pole.
> 2. Draw a helix around pole ( you can interactively fit the height,
> diameter and number of turns to the pole as you drag the mouse)
> 3. Draw the ribbon profile any place on the screen, location and/or
> orientation to the helix, do not matter (simple 2 point polyline will
> do).
> 4. Sweep the ribbon profile down the helix. (Amapi lets you cycle
> through different orientations between the path and profile using the
> spacebar)
> 5. Using the dynamic geometry feature you can adjust the fit of the
> ribbon around the pole by moving the control points of the origional
> helix and the ribbon will update as you work.
>
> The same thing can be done with earlier versions of Amapi, including
> 5.15 that comes with Carrara, with the exception of using the dynamic
> geometry option to tweak it.
>
> mdc
> guam usa
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