Some tips and tricks from out of the Box
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 Magical transformations! I am fan!  
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 Here's a simple one, just demoing the basics of building a shape as a solid. No detail in the teeth or accurate dimensions but it was done to show the process.  
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 @jljolin said: Iβm definitely following this thread and intend to go back and try to recreate the lessons in each gif. I didnβt find the questions and comments distracting, as some of the questions were ones I had myself! same here! 
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 Sorry, not a tip or trick as such, but an experiment in mostly SUbD and Clothworks for making chain mail. 
  
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 What size are they? 
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 One of them is a shoulder. But you guys can look at things your own way. 
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 @box said: One of them is a shoulder. But you guys can look at things your own way. Be buggered if I can see a shoulder... 
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 Ok, enough renders for now. 
 How to make a twisted cable.
 The plugin off screen is Fredo's Twisting. 
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 Prima again !    
 after you have already twisted all the cables, about in the middle of the gif you delete 5 outer cables to copy the remainig outer one again around the middle axis 5x again - what makes this new copy step necessary?
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 It's not technically necessary, but the twist has made them all unique components even though they are identical. By replacing them they become instances of one component rather than 6 separate components, this saves file size and makes it easier to modify them if I need to in future. 
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 @box said: Ok, enough renders for now. 
 How to make a twisted cable.
 The plugin off screen is Fredo's Twisting. Mmmmm, licorice. Nice thinking, mate.  
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 @utiler said: Mmmmm, licorice 
        
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 Here's a little demo of making a very smooth tapered spindle. The pitch, length and number of threads is up to you. 
 This is a single thread using four helices at 90deg. The method creates a large file size, so not for general work, more for 3d printing types of work where you want a very smooth surface.
 There is one point where a menu item is off screen, it is just Explode, to put the helices and cylinder into the same context. 
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 Haven't posted anything here for quite a while, so here is my 'Ikea Chess Set' and the basic method for creating them using Thomthom's Truebend. 
   
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 I like the way you think, Box.! 
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 I don't think the rest of the voices would agree with you. 
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 @utiler said: I like the way you think, Box.! 
 I agree !! (sorry Box ) )
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 @hornoxx said: (sorry Box) 
 I don't know about this, the rest of the voices in my head are arguing about it.
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