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    • Chris FullmerC Offline
      Chris Fullmer
      last edited by

      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

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      • numbthumbN Offline
        numbthumb
        last edited by

        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.

        Comfortably numb...

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        • Chris FullmerC Offline
          Chris Fullmer
          last edited by

          😳 😳 Hehehe, oops!

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          • M Offline
            Matsuo
            last edited by

            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

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            • Alan FraserA Offline
              Alan Fraser
              last edited by

              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.

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              • D Offline
                dedmin
                last edited by

                @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.
                2009-11-20_110738.jpg

                Play with the parameters - press tab. Try this

                2009-11-20_110353.jpg

                2009-11-20_111706.jpg

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                • K Offline
                  Koosie van Tutte
                  last edited by

                  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.


                  crookedhouse.jpg

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                  • M Offline
                    Matsuo
                    last edited by

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

                    Cheers

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

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

                      TIG

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                      • M Offline
                        Matsuo
                        last edited by

                        Sorry for the late reply!

                        Everything worked out in the end 😉

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