TIN Tube
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To make curvy tube geometry I've always had to resort to using the Follow-Me tool. There is another way that avoids some of the issues involved with Follow-Me. It's done by making a 12 sided (you could do any number of sides) tube where each side is a TIN. This creates tube geometry that the Smoove tool can shape easily. I've attached a model with a tube that you can experiment with.
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Dear Fred,
Do you think you could put a simple tut together showing how you use the sandbox tools to make the beam/tube? I ask because I have never used these tools before.
To use a little used expression, "Thank you in anticipation of.."
Kind regards,
Bob -
Am i right when I explode your Tin tube uploaded before use the Smoove tool?
PS Have you made a special "tuts section" inside your Web site?
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Hi Pilou,
@unknownuser said:
Am i right when I explode your Tin tube uploaded before use the Smoove tool?
Better to just double click to enter the group and then you can use Smoove within the group.
@unknownuser said:
Am i right when I explode your Tin tube uploaded before use the Smoove tool?
PS Have you made a special "tuts section" inside your Web site
Nope, but I'll consider adding.
Fred
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@watkins said:
Dear Fred,
Do you think you could put a simple tut together showing how you use the sandbox tools to make the beam/tube? I ask because I have never used these tools before.
To use a little used expression, "Thank you in anticipation of.."
Kind regards,
BobBob, I made a quick screenshot movie here. I had the usual little SketchUp issues while making the movie which I left in to provide some verisimilitude.
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Tricky!
If I find more speedy, I will come back with it -
OK this one is more speedy
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@unknownuser said:
OK this one is more speedy
Pilou,
Excellent! That makes perfect sense. Never occurred to me but certainly much quicker.
Pilou, yesterday I tried to make a spiraling TIN tube by cutting what a thought was a properly angled segment from the TIN tube and duplicating it. I couldn't get the pieces to match up perfectly so I gave up. Perhaps you might have some ideas how to accomplish?
Fred
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