Fred

thanks, I delved into the SketchUp 5 book last night and read up on TINs etc; I have to admit to being a little shy of the Sandbox tools....

thanks again!

greg v.

hello Fred

that's very similar to what I have to make, thanks!

Pardon my ignorance, though, but what is a TIN surface, and how would I bend it? Or does this mean that I would have to basically facet the flat pattern and rotate it piece by piece to match my desired radius? That was my last resort, I was hoping there was some magic "apply selection as surface" function or something....

cheers!

greg v.

hello all

first post here, wasn't sure if I should put this in the "newbie forum" or not.

Anyways, I have a pattern akin to a cell structure that I have made as a flat shape in SketchUp, and I want to be able to wrap this shape onto a cylinder. This is for a film set design, and this cell-like pattern would be used as a horizontally-curved backdrop to a hi-tech lab set. It will end up with voids in it, so I can't really use an image and apply it as a texture.

Besides cutting it into many facets and angling each, there must be a way (I hope) of simply wrapping the pattern onto the curved surface?

Any assistance appreciated!

cheers

Greg V.
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