How to create an hour glass shape.

solo

Sub-divide and smooth and FFD will be a great solution.

dumpinthegutter

Solo,
Thank you for trying to help, but I have to be honest. I have no idea what you just said.

solo

Create the shape with (rectangular faces)
Sub-divide and smooth (ruby)
Then using FFD (ruby) you define the shape.

dumpinthegutter

Solo,
Ok I get it now. Thank you very much.

Jean Lemire

Hi Dumpinthegutter, hi folks.

See this SU file for ideas.

Hourglass_Shape.skp

david_h

If you don't have SubSmoove--follow me is great too. Draw the profile you want and FollowMe around the circle.

This took about 5 mins. Good Luck.

dumpinthegutter

Thank you all. the stool turned out quite nice, but i had one more question. If i was trying to create the Kartell Gem Stool, is there a knurl tool or something to that effect that would triangulate the surface to have the realistic qualities of the stool. Thanks again I appreciate you taking the time to help.

watkins

Is this what you are trying to model?

chango70

@watkins said:

Is this what you are trying to model?

Lol Show-off! Seriously though. Great model!

dumpinthegutter

yes that is the one. not necessarily my style but you do what you have to right?

watkins

Dear Chango70,

No, that is not my model. It is an image I got of the web. I posted it so others could see what was required. It looks tricky to model.

Regards,
Bob

Voder Vocoder

Here's an attempt.

~Voder

kartell.skp

chango70

@watkins said:

Dear Chango70,

No, that is not my model. It is an image I got of the web. I posted it so others could see what was required. It looks tricky to model.

Regards,
Bob

Oops sorry I thought it was a render you did. You just can't tell these days. Apologies.

Gaieus

@chango70 said:

Oops sorry I thought it was a render you did. You just can't tell these days. Apologies.

How true!

dumpinthegutter

Here is the final product. Thank you all for the help. It turned out pretty good.