Hi ushumgal Hi everybody,
@ushumgal said:
Thanks for the links to the plugins, Simon...TIG's extrude edges by rails is amazing!! I'm having some success with it, but I do have a question. I divided the arrowhead into 3 segments (which all have somewhat different sections). When using this tool, how do you merge one segment into the next?
Tig has is own explanation about that: Here
But In fact it was very uneasy to skin the middle segment with EEBR for it was not possible to skin directly 4 joining curves.
I said "IT WAS" because ExtrudeEdgesByRail V2 is out and this limitation has now expired
Segmented arrow:
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You can also use Soap Skin & Bubble
Which add the possibility to inflate or depress the skined faces.
The process need to be initiate with Weld operation for SS&B works with two joining curves. Some small fails may happen and need to be repaired. Something a bit difficult for newbies.
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The two different skins:
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I see you are doing skins manually to join your curves (good thing). This can be made with plugins. Unfortunately, powerful ArchitectBoy's Skin.rb (& see also& skin thread) only skin separate curves, but Rick Wilson Curve Stitcher does it very simply
(you can throw a glance on my little skin reminder here even if it must be updated)
++simon