Making a horn using Shape Bender

Matsuo · 18 Nov 2009, 21:15

Hi there,

I'm trying to make a round horn using a cone, arc and the Shape Bender plug-in. I've come quite far, but I'm not there yet. The file I've attached will show how far I've gotten. Any advice on this? Thanks!

horn_shape.skp

Chris Fullmer · 19 Nov 2009, 02:17

What kind of horn are you trying to create? A rhino horn, or a trumpet like horn?

Looks like you almost have a great rhino horn going there.

Chris

dedmin · 19 Nov 2009, 08:09

@matsuo said:

Hi there,

I'm trying to make a round horn using a cone, arc and the Shape Bender plug-in. I've come quite far, but I'm not there yet. The file I've attached will show how far I've gotten. Any advice on this? Thanks!

Better to use FredoScale radial bend

numbthumb · 19 Nov 2009, 08:34

Hi, folks!
What are the advantages of these tools over 2 Faces + Path?
Thanks in advance.

Chris Fullmer · 19 Nov 2009, 16:07

They each do differnr things. Fredoscale is an entire suite of tools that include sheer, twist, taper, etc. It's a great tool for changing the shape of objects.

I wrote shape bender to help bend shapes to match a desired bend. So if you have a curvy wall and want to apply 3d text to it (like a string of words) and you want them to bend to follow the curvature of the wall, then use shape bender. That is precisely what I had in mind when I wrote it. But it is much more versatile than just that too though.

I would recommend downloading and playing with both of those plugins.

Chris

numbthumb · 19 Nov 2009, 16:50

Thanks for your reply, Chris.
Your Shape Bender and Fredo6´s FredoScale have already saved me lots of frustration. Needless to mention the effort and hard work you folks put into it, providing us with extra functionality in SU.
I was just referring to this particular "horn" case and possible differences in bending a cone vs. making a curvy horn from the start.
If there are any, of course.
Thanks again.

Chris Fullmer · 19 Nov 2009, 16:52

Hehehe, oops!

Chris

Matsuo · 19 Nov 2009, 22:16

Right...I've tried using Radial Bend by Fredo, and I'm almost there, except for 1 problem...after the bending holes appear in the horn! Any suggestions?

Thanks!

horn_shape2.skp

Alan Fraser · 20 Nov 2009, 08:22

Depending on how much you want to bend the shape, one suggestion would be to use Spiralizer and import the resulting dxf. That's its sole function...to bend horn shapes into a tight a spiral as you want.

dedmin · 20 Nov 2009, 09:10

@matsuo said:

Right...I've tried using Radial Bend by Fredo, and I'm almost there, except for 1 problem...after the bending holes appear in the horn! Any suggestions?

Thanks!

First, there is a plugin to make shapes like cone, torus and etc.

Play with the parameters - press tab. Try this

Koosie van Tutte · 20 Nov 2009, 15:47

i don't know if this will help, but i bent a house and got the same (and extra) problems. after exploding everything (bomb all) and making it a group again, it worked without any trouble.

Matsuo · 21 Nov 2009, 23:33

Playing with the settings seems to do the trick! Thanks to all for the help!

Cheers

TIG · 21 Nov 2009, 23:44

Alternatively for simpler shapes like a horn try Extrude Edges by Edges...Horn_EEbyRails.skp

Matsuo · 28 Feb 2010, 15:12

Sorry for the late reply!

Everything worked out in the end