Hi Henry,
a point has no rotation ;-)
If you have a nurbs curve, then you can set
under "wire" tab in the object properties
"show control polygon" to "always".
Now you should see the control points,
and align the profile axis to the 1st -> 2nd control
point of the sweep curve.
@curiosity: have a look at the object properties (p)
of the "sweep" object, what you've created.
Have a look there at the "spec" tab, there's a "constructor"
dropdown. With this dropdown you can specify what
should be constructed. IF you delete the construction curves,
the last state is the actual shape of the "constructor object".
If you've construction curves, then you can change the
object dynamicly.
I can't decide what's the best way in your scene,
because I don't know what final result should come up ;-)
Matthias
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Tjernlund" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 3:42 AM
Subject: Rotation matching, and another question
Okay, I have been managing to figure out the position snapping.
(Though I have to keep referring to my notes.) So I can snap a profile
curve (say a circle) to the end of the sweep curve. Now, here is the
next step. I want to match the rotation of the profile curve (again,
say a circle) to the end of the sweep curve/path. I thought I could
select the end point of the sweep path curve and look up its rotation
and copy it over to the circle profile curve. But the only rotation
information I can find is for the entire curve, and not the end point.
Is there another way to match the circle so that it is perfectly
perpendicular to the end of the sweep end point?
Also another curiosity. When I construct a sweep mesh. I can remove
the curves from the mesh level and the mesh does not collapse? Is this
a good idea to do this? What if I want to reuse the same profile curve
on multiple sweep paths? Im not sure how the mesh making mechanism
works and what is a good idea or bad idea on how to use it.
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