90 degree bends
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Looking for some quick advice on creating a precise tubular 90 degree bend. What I've noticed is if you use follow-me with an arc of say 12 segments the ends aren't at 90 degrees because they are perpendicular to the last segment of the arc.
Without creating a path with an infinite number of segments what is the best way to get the ends square to a fixed radius?
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ExtrudeEdgesByLathe lets you specify a 90 degree swept arc and that's what you get without the FollowMe distortion...
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Many thanks TIG, just what I needed. It was already in my toolbox but now I know what it can do!
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TIG's plugin makes quick work of it but it can be done manually and it is useful to know how. I use this same method for complex turnings to help keep file size down. Splitting it as I do also makes it possible to hide the seam lines.
Start with a circle instead of an arc. Split the circle at the midpoints of sides to create the arc of the desired angle. In the example above I split out an arc of 45° but if you use a 90° arc, the half-segments at the end will be at 90° from each other. To make it easy I drag out the circle on axis and then rotate it half the angle between vertices. So if a 24 sided circle is used, rotate it 7.5°.
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