Help making this 3d ornament

TIG

Here's a version of your form split to make a profile and two rails and EEbyRails, Copy and EEbyVector to for edge-faces...

Dave R

Would something like these be close to the right idea?

Rich O Brien

hhhmmmmmmmmmmmm not quite. but my head hurts thinking about it

Rich O Brien

Aaaaaahhhhhh......

dajohn

Thanks everybody for your suggestions. Tig, I tried your method and it works great. Is it possible to make rounded edges? Also, I tried to run the profile edge off the second rail, but it broke in two. I separated it and made it a curve and it worked great. Except for the round edges the results look perfect. Thanks again!

leaf ornament.skp

Dave R

Did you look at this?

Although it isn't exactly the same, I think you could make the rounded edge in the same way I made the narrower parts of the finial.

Rich O Brien

I'm seeing a completely different shape than the rest?

boofredlay

That is funny because the shape I see in my mind is different than any of the examples.

Dave R

To me it looks like leaf with two different larger bends and the edge curled over. I was only suggesting the finals I drew as an illustration of the way to get the main part and the curl on the edge. Maybe it's too hard for others to see the connection between what I did and the leaf. Should I remove it?

dajohn

Thanks Dave. I hadn't seen that video. I have other ornaments to make and I think I can use those same principles.

solo

Hmmm, with only one refernce image it's hard to understand the actual shape.

This is what I think...

jeff hammond

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fellas, i think it's more along these lines...

ornament.skp

click pic -> bigger

Rich O Brien

@Pete

Nice mapping can I see another view?

@Jeff

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solo

Sorry Rich, I never saved it.

jeff hammond

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@Jeff

I never know how to interpret roll eyes.

But yeah, the thing is shaped like the skp/picture I posted.

Rich O Brien

I was saying your .skp looked like this smiley

I roll my eyes at my shit joke.

Where's the 'hang my head in shame' smiley?

boofredlay

Here

jeff hammond

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i think it's a peace lily or similar

as to drawing it, i used BezierSpline to trace, move & rotate to place the splines, then curviloft's Loft with the method set to Bezier curves -- Respect tangency then used the tension controls on the segments..