topic Re: sweeping in 3D in Modeling

sweeping in 3D

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:06:09 GMT

Hello!
Is it possible to sweep a profile along a line in 3D, for example along a spiral, going upwards?
Thank you!

Re: sweeping in 3D

Barry Kelly — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 02:12:36 GMT

Create a morph plane in the shape of the profile and then use the TUBE pet palette command to extrude it along the path.

Barry.

Re: sweeping in 3D

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 14:08:53 GMT

Thank you for your answer!
Can I select which path I want to use I do I have to select part by part manually?
And if so, how can I adjust a complicated profile to for example spiral path?

Re: sweeping in 3D

Barry Kelly — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 00:41:29 GMT

tenak333 wrote:
Thank you for your answer!
Can I select which path I want to use I do I have to select part by part manually?
And if so, how can I adjust a complicated profile to for example spiral path?

I am pretty sure you have to pick the path points manually.
You can not adjust the path once it is created.
You will have to adjust each node of the path.

If you want something that you can adjust the path of easier then you could try the railing tool.

Barry.

Re: sweeping in 3D

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 08:38:54 GMT

Alright, thank you again!

Re: sweeping in 3D

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 08:48:44 GMT

One more thing,
I don't find the option of creating a custom railing profile.
I can see that only railing panel and railing post can be created as custom.
Am I missing something?

Re: sweeping in 3D

Barry Kelly — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 01:03:42 GMT

tenak333 wrote:
One more thing,
I don't find the option of creating a custom railing profile.
I can see that only railing panel and railing post can be created as custom.
Am I missing something?

Create your custom profile and be sure to set it for use with a rail.

Then in the rail settings choose the 'Profiled Rail' component.

Barry.

Re: sweeping in 3D

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:49:13 GMT

Got it!
Thank you!