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    • Dave RD
      Dave R
      last edited by

      Excellent!

      The thing your blue arrow is pointing at is the profile and the circle is the path for Follow Me.


      http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8146/7566939162_3a11ff9a69.jpg

      I started out with a rectangle on which to draw the profile.
      I deleted the unneeded parts of the rectangle, selected the edge of the circle, got Follow Me and clicked on the profile.

      It's sort of the reverse of making a section cut from the shape. Draw the section cut and make a shape.

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        erzane
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        WOW! is it so easy !!??
        it makes it automaticly ?
        pls wait a moment , I will try it

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        • Dave RD
          Dave R
          last edited by

          It is that easy, indeed!

          And all done with the native tools. No plugins to install. 😉

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          • Mike LuceyM
            Mike Lucey
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            Well done Dave ..... 'up there for thinking and down there for dancing!' 👍

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              erzane
              last edited by

              so, I made the basis but I didn't succeed to use the follow me tool
              the truth is that I didn't understood your explanations well lol

              http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9172/capture01fa.jpg

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              • Dave RD
                Dave R
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                The profile needs to be aligned on the radius of the circular path.
                FM.png
                Start with the circular path centered on the origin and the rectangular face on a radius of the circle. I delete the face of the circle before running Follow Me because if you don't, there'll be no face created on the bottom of the extrusion.

                Thanks, Mike.

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                  erzane
                  last edited by

                  I succeeded it
                  but I didn't needed to erase the basis circle
                  I just choosed the follow me tool and pushed ''Alt''

                  http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/1589/capture01oy.jpg

                  thanks for your help 😉

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                  • Dave RD
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    Glad you got it to work.

                    Now correct the face orientation so the back faces (blue) are inside and delete the circle for the path and you're finished.

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                      erzane
                      last edited by

                      done
                      now I would like to place it on the center of the circle but I dont know how to center it..

                      http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/2113/capture01qi.jpg

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                      • Dave RD
                        Dave R
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                        Probably the easiest way would be to add some temporary cross hairs at the bottom center of the thing. Then grab the thing at the center with the Move tool and move it to the center of that other circle. It would be best if you make that shape a component and change its axes so they are centered at its bottom center. then bring the component in from the Component browser. See this for reference.

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                          erzane
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                          ok I see, this is the famous glue I learned last year
                          I forget all about what I learned last year, it's terrific lol
                          anyway during your reply I do it like this
                          I erased the circle and created a new one from the basis with the offset tool

                          http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/773/capture01r.jpg

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                          • Dave RD
                            Dave R
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                            Good. Now correct the face orientation. Don't be sloppy in your modeling. 😉

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                            • pilouP
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                              @unknownuser said:

                              Where did you read that, Pilou? I don't see that anywhere in his original post.

                              You right for the text 😉
                              I had interpreted the images! And was right! 😉
                              And sure your method is more speedy than the FredoScale when you start from the beginning! 😉
                              But when you have yet the object, that is an another story! 😄

                              Frenchy Pilou
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