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    How to make a double curved tapered leg [Tutorial]

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    • J Offline
      javajaws
      last edited by

      I was trying to make a leg for a piece of furniture that has a curved taper along two sides. I first made a rectangular leg, then I drew an arc along one side. I then pushed this through to cut it out. I then went to another side (the adjacent side that wasn't cut) and made a similar arc. But when I try to push that through to cut it out it stops when it intersects the first cut portion of the other arc.

      What's the right way to do this?

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        remus
        last edited by

        It sounds like youve got the right sort of idea. The only difference is you need to use boolean operations to get the shape you want. So where you cant push the second arc through, if you take that arc and tun it in to a separate extruded block, thn move it in to place, select the leg and the block then right click->intersect->with selected.

        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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          javajaws
          last edited by

          Excellent, thank you very much!

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            dylan
            last edited by

            There are a few ideas posted in this thread also from the Tutorials Forum
            http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=355&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

            http://dmdarchitecture.co.uk/

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              Marlise
              last edited by

              Would this help any?

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                Gidon Yuval
                last edited by

                Remus, I had a look at the tutorial you posted and it's very good.
                Just one thing:
                In the final scene it should say:

                "After deleting unwanted geometry"
                In other words, watch your language.

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

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                  remus
                  last edited by

                  A quick tutorial, it illustrates it a lot better than my inconsistent ramblings.


                  2 way cut tut.skp

                  http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                    remus
                    last edited by

                    Fixed 👍

                    Just as a side note, cr*p isnt considered a particularly strong word in english, still a fair point though.

                    http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                      Gidon Yuval
                      last edited by

                      @remus said:

                      Just as a side note, cr*p isnt considered a particularly strong word in english, still a fair point though.

                      Not strong, just inappropriate.
                      You must bear in mind that owing to the relatively anonymous nature of the internet you never realy know who's reading what you post. I'm sure you have no intention of offending anyone, and there are those who may be offended.
                      Your SU input is valuble. We want EVERYONE to benefit from it.

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

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