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    • S Offline
      sweetluge
      last edited by

      How would I go about making a simple rectangular strip that twists one time so that each end is in the same position, but one end has been rotated 180 degrees? I'm assuming I'll have to use the bezier curve plugin?

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        GreyHead
        last edited by

        The FFD plugin might do it for you see the video in this post

        Bob

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          Gaieus
          last edited by

          If you want something like this, I added a tutorial here.


          TwistedFace.jpg

          Gai...

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            remus
            last edited by

            There isnt really an easy way to do this, as far as i know.

            1. draw a rectangle and rotate the top about its center by a number of degrees thats a divisable of 180 (180/10= 18 sections to twist)

            http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2308/2463023069_33d85e6e73.jpg?v=0

            2)Make that rectangle a component and move move it up and rotate it. Do this untill youve got your shape.

            http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2265/2463856562_f365b7edb2.jpg?v=0

            3)explode all the components and soften all the edges.

            http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3257/2463023129_c0def722fd.jpg?v=0

            http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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              Gaieus
              last edited by

              Yeah, this is a better way than mine since you need not hassle with the vertex merging (and still remains accurate).

              Thanks Remus! 👍

              Gai...

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                remus
                last edited by

                As bob mentioned, you cna also do it using FFD, this is a really quick try:

                http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/2463048049_d8540e13e8.jpg?v=0

                Things to note:
                youve got to subdivide the face of the main recatngle before you start
                Its tricky to do it accurately
                You can get some pretty weird geometry (i deleted some stuff that went weird.)

                http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                  sweetluge
                  last edited by

                  thanks for all the help! I think a found a way that suits my needs. I used Bezier curves to connect two perpendicular intersecting rectangles and then used curve-stitcher to create the strip. Pretty quick, if not perfectly accurate

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                    Gidon Yuval
                    last edited by

                    I used a method similar to Remus but with ctrl+erase between steps so that clean up is quicker and easier.

                    Have a look at the attached file.

                    Twisted collumn.jpg
                    Twisted collumn.skp

                    If you don't know where you're going, you're never going to get there.

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