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    • Dave RD Offline
      Dave R
      last edited by

      Maybe I'm missing something but what's wrong with Follow Me? Seems to me like that would be the simplest approach.


      http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7133/7564914992_e089a46da6.jpg

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      • pilouP Offline
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        Yes, but he wants a pyramide from an existing object! 😄

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        • Dave RD Offline
          Dave R
          last edited by

          Where did you read that, Pilou? I don't see that anywhere in his original post.

          What I drew tapers as it goes up.

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            erzane
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            Dave R your draw is correct, do you have another technic ?

            http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4174/ioioz.jpg

            Philou are you french ?
            p.s. si oui c plus simple de parler français car l'anglais ça va mais ça peine un peu dans ce genre d'explications
            anyway I will try again to install fredo again

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
              last edited by

              Excellent!

              The thing your blue arrow is pointing at is the profile and the circle is the path for Follow Me.


              http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8146/7566939162_3a11ff9a69.jpg

              I started out with a rectangle on which to draw the profile.
              I deleted the unneeded parts of the rectangle, selected the edge of the circle, got Follow Me and clicked on the profile.

              It's sort of the reverse of making a section cut from the shape. Draw the section cut and make a shape.

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                erzane
                last edited by

                WOW! is it so easy !!??
                it makes it automaticly ?
                pls wait a moment , I will try it

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  It is that easy, indeed!

                  And all done with the native tools. No plugins to install. 😉

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                  • Mike LuceyM Offline
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                    Well done Dave ..... 'up there for thinking and down there for dancing!' 👍

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                      erzane
                      last edited by

                      so, I made the basis but I didn't succeed to use the follow me tool
                      the truth is that I didn't understood your explanations well lol

                      http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9172/capture01fa.jpg

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        The profile needs to be aligned on the radius of the circular path.
                        FM.png
                        Start with the circular path centered on the origin and the rectangular face on a radius of the circle. I delete the face of the circle before running Follow Me because if you don't, there'll be no face created on the bottom of the extrusion.

                        Thanks, Mike.

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                          erzane
                          last edited by

                          I succeeded it
                          but I didn't needed to erase the basis circle
                          I just choosed the follow me tool and pushed ''Alt''

                          http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/1589/capture01oy.jpg

                          thanks for your help 😉

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
                            last edited by

                            Glad you got it to work.

                            Now correct the face orientation so the back faces (blue) are inside and delete the circle for the path and you're finished.

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                              erzane
                              last edited by

                              done
                              now I would like to place it on the center of the circle but I dont know how to center it..

                              http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/2113/capture01qi.jpg

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                              • Dave RD Offline
                                Dave R
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                                Probably the easiest way would be to add some temporary cross hairs at the bottom center of the thing. Then grab the thing at the center with the Move tool and move it to the center of that other circle. It would be best if you make that shape a component and change its axes so they are centered at its bottom center. then bring the component in from the Component browser. See this for reference.

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                                  erzane
                                  last edited by

                                  ok I see, this is the famous glue I learned last year
                                  I forget all about what I learned last year, it's terrific lol
                                  anyway during your reply I do it like this
                                  I erased the circle and created a new one from the basis with the offset tool

                                  http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/773/capture01r.jpg

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                                  • Dave RD Offline
                                    Dave R
                                    last edited by

                                    Good. Now correct the face orientation. Don't be sloppy in your modeling. 😉

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                                    • pilouP Offline
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                                      @unknownuser said:

                                      Where did you read that, Pilou? I don't see that anywhere in his original post.

                                      You right for the text 😉
                                      I had interpreted the images! And was right! 😉
                                      And sure your method is more speedy than the FredoScale when you start from the beginning! 😉
                                      But when you have yet the object, that is an another story! 😄

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                                      My Little site :)

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