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    • Rich O BrienR Offline
      Rich O Brien Moderator
      last edited by

      I can't remember v1 but v3 has an Along Path option that has rudinmentary support for branching paths.

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      • jo-keJ Offline
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        last edited by jo-ke

        I need a path in the middle and two rails (special profile) left and right, to follow the path.

        rail.jpg

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        • jo-keJ Offline
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          last edited by jo-ke

          next project

          photo:
          rhb1018-p1030023-1018-kl.jpg

          SU:
          depot-düw-su3w.jpg

          Render:
          Color_photography_of_an_old_202605272304pp.jpg

          rhb-düw-pp-st.jpg

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          • Mike AmosM Offline
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            last edited by

            Curviloft does a good job to be fair, not sure why you need anything else. Upright extruder perhaps (Or whatever it is called now).

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            • Rich O BrienR Offline
              Rich O Brien Moderator @jo-ke
              last edited by Rich O Brien

              @jo-ke said:

              I need a path in the middle and two rails (special profile) left and right, to follow the path.

              With Curviloft the profiles can be offset from the path...

              Profile offset from Path using CurviLoft

              That does mean you need to do each side as a separate operation.

              Or with ProfileBuilder 3 (or above) you could make an Assembly with a mix of Profiles and objects like bolts to do it in one sweep.

              SketchUp_vZFjUGLOX5.gif

              TIG's Extrusion Tools would do it too similar to CurviLofts approach.

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              • jo-keJ Offline
                jo-ke
                last edited by

                the newer version of profile builder seems to be a good tool.

                Is it possible to insert an own profile?

                http://www.zz7.de

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