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    • C Offline
      choppir
      last edited by

      o my sack! you almost got it!

      The end and start point should be exactly where it is drawn though...

      will have to check how you did this.

      Looking good man!

      choppir

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      • jeff hammondJ Offline
        jeff hammond
        last edited by

        fredoscale's twist and bend functions make this possible in about 30 seconds.

        see this thread

        http://homepage.mac.com/jeffhammond/.Public/scf/twist.jpg

        dotdotdot

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        • soloS Offline
          solo
          last edited by

          and Radial bend


          easy actually.jpg

          http://www.solos-art.com

          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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          • jeff hammondJ Offline
            jeff hammond
            last edited by

            pete, you're missing a 180 in there 😲 πŸ˜†

            dotdotdot

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            • C Offline
              choppir
              last edited by

              awesome!!

              cheers guys. brilliant! Jeff, that's exactly what i'm looking for.

              thanx again!

              choppir

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              • C Offline
                choppir
                last edited by

                i got it!

                When i twist it, my base point moves to an angle:

                http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8339/curvenew.jpg

                but i have to twist 1st, then bend:

                http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/1184/curvenew1.jpg

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                • jeff hammondJ Offline
                  jeff hammond
                  last edited by

                  [edit --- you're missing a bend.. look at the orientation of the ends of the slats on the original picture you posted]

                  i twisted it 90deg first... then bent it 90deg and bent it again 90deg..

                  http://homepage.mac.com/jeffhammond/.Public/scf/twist_sbs.jpg

                  after this, you can use the scale tool to stretch/squish it and fit it into place.. you can also set fredoscale to do the smoothing for you as you go so you don't have all those lines showing up.

                  dotdotdot

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                  • jwlyon1J Offline
                    jwlyon1
                    last edited by

                    Did you subdivide that rectangular box before doing the fredo-scale operations?

                    Macbook Pro/ iMac
                    OSX 10.7.2 Sketchup 8
                    rogue-z is here!

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                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                      jeff hammond
                      last edited by

                      @jwlyon1 said:

                      Did you subdivide that rectangular box before doing the fredo-scale operations?

                      nah, fredoscale divides it up for you.. you can select the amount of sections but for the most part, i keep it on auto.

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                      • jwlyon1J Offline
                        jwlyon1
                        last edited by

                        Well Dang! I guess I really need to learn how to use FredoScale. Thanks!

                        Macbook Pro/ iMac
                        OSX 10.7.2 Sketchup 8
                        rogue-z is here!

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