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    • soloS Offline
      solo
      last edited by

      Okay...

      It's an LED light ribbon that needs to twist in the shape of a company name, the writing is cursive and will be the center piece of it's exhibit display, I cannot discuss more details as I have the usual non disclosure contract.
      The problem is I need to match their font precisely, so doing bend for bend will not work.

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      • soloS Offline
        solo
        last edited by

        I was hoping to bring in a DWG file with the name, weld it and hit 'follow me with a twist' button and viola!! done. 😄

        http://www.solos-art.com

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        • S Offline
          Susy
          last edited by

          ok...

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          • jeff hammondJ Offline
            jeff hammond
            last edited by

            i was drawing this while you replied (which is what d12dozr was saying) but i think it might actually be what you're talking about except you'd like the orange ribbon to be a much tighter spin and it wraps around letters?.. if so, i don't think there's a one click method for that..

            ribbon2.jpg

            dotdotdot

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            • jeff hammondJ Offline
              jeff hammond
              last edited by

              i'm sorta sure this isn't what you're after but i got stuck on the idea of it and had to figure it out.. let's hope this isn't what you're trying to draw -or- someone has an easier/faster method than mine.. this took over an hour 😆

              Ell_3.jpg


              Ell_3.skp

              dotdotdot

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              • utilerU Offline
                utiler
                last edited by

                ...you got too much time on your hands then Jeff. 😉

                nice though.

                purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                • jeff hammondJ Offline
                  jeff hammond
                  last edited by

                  @utiler said:

                  ...you got too much time on your hands then Jeff. 😉

                  nice though.

                  ha.. not really.. that cut into my sleep time!

                  dotdotdot

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                  • D Offline
                    d12dozr
                    last edited by

                    That's neat Jeff, how did you do it? lotsa fredoscale?

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                    • D Offline
                      d12dozr
                      last edited by

                      Thanks. ☀
                      What does Component Stringer do?

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                      • jeff hammondJ Offline
                        jeff hammond
                        last edited by

                        Here's the Down and Dirty tutorial..

                        Ell_Down-N-Dirty_tut.skp

                        component stringer will repeat a component along a path.. you can also set it to rotate that component along the path.

                        dotdotdot

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                        • jeff hammondJ Offline
                          jeff hammond
                          last edited by

                          no fredoscale..

                          BezierSpline (v1.4)
                          Component Stringer
                          Follow Me

                          (+ a few others.. see tutorial a couple posts down)

                          dotdotdot

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                          • D Offline
                            d12dozr
                            last edited by

                            Thanks again! Now I'm off to get some sleep...

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                            • S Offline
                              Susy
                              last edited by

                              8 minutes: With the same procedure as I said initially...
                              Although not is it what the moderator need for its job


                              Ell_Down-N-Dirty_tut (8 Minutes).skp

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                              • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                jeff hammond
                                last edited by

                                @susy said:

                                8 minutes: With the same procedure as I said initially...
                                Although not is it what the moderator need for its job

                                oh yeah, didn't think of that before.. i'm assuming you used shapebender..
                                but hey, you used my L 😄..
                                that's the hardest part

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                                • charly2008C Offline
                                  charly2008
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi Solo,

                                  Is that what you want to do? I used in this example GROW and CURVILOFT. With GROW you can manipulate almost all parameters. Other options are the diameter of the circle and the angle of the edge. The process is very easy.

                                  Charly


                                  Unbenannt.JPG


                                  Spirale.skp


                                  Unbenannt.JPG

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                                  • charly2008C Offline
                                    charly2008
                                    last edited by

                                    GROW and CURVILOFT are a good combination for many profile designs.


                                    Unbenannt.JPG

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