Here is a tutorial [a bit heavy] showing how I created the electrical cord.

I'd be still struggling with it if it weren't for the help I received here. Again - much appreciated. The radio, shelf, plug and socket I built in Lightwave using nurbs so it looks a bit primitive in SU. Still some work to do on it. The cord could be a lot smoother if I spent more time on it - though these old fabric covered cords had a tendency to retain their kinks.

I'll leave it to the powers that be to move it to the appropriate forum.

(Bernard Hagan)

Electrical Cord Tutorial.skp

Thanks to everyone who helped solve this problem - one that has been bothering me for some time.

As I suspected, it now seems embarrassingly simple. As Gaieus said, my problem was drawing the single line curve through 3D space.

Eric [Boofredlay] - a simple, clear and efficient method that I will now be able to use on other models. Very much appreciated. Shouldn't this go on the Tutorial Forum?

Jim - yours is another simple method that would work because you could vary the size and shape of the two curves to avoid other objects that might be in the way. Many thanks.

Shaun - I appreciate your efforts. You got a lot further than I did. You actually had curves which is more than I could manage.

Howard - I intended to use this ruby plug-in or one like it but had to draw the curve first. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Charlie - Your "Grips" seem as if they would make a job that I would hesitate at doing in the first place, a lot easier.

This is what makes this forum so great - one problem and so many members willing to help find a solution. Again, many thanks to everyone who helped.

(Bernard Hagan)

I've been mucking around with this model where I'm trying to create a curved path for a 'follow me' circle that will, in turn, create the 'cord' component of a power-cord that goes from the rear of a mantle radio to a plug that is plugged into a wall socket.

I sense that there is an easy way to do this but I can't get my mind thinking laterally enough. I've build a matrix that I thought may help me better understand the 3D nature of the space and on which I could then build planes that I could draw curves on. It makes me more confused than ever.

I tend to think that 'Intersects with model' may have something to do with the solution?

Any ideas?

(Bernard Hagan)

Switch Conduit _ Flex.skp

I'm having a very old wood stove restored to fit into the stove recess of a little old Queensland [Australia] colonial worker's cottage. It is quite straight forward except for the legs which have complicated 3D curves that are beyond my level of expertise.

I'm sorry, these are the only images I have of it since the stove is about 150 km away being restored.

Any ideas on how to even attempt this would be appreciated.

(Bernard Hagan)