For keeping the shape of the sweeped curve, try the "Orthogonal" option. It sometimes does the trick for me.
Best Regards Fredrik Bergholtz 2009/8/14 Henry Tjernlund <[email protected]>: > Yes, a point in abstract math has no orientation, but this is not pure > abstract math. Anyway, even if I select the first two points, I don't > find any angle information from 1 to 2. (or is it 0 to 1?) Do I need > to pull out my old calculator and figure out the angles myself? > > I am finding that I have trouble predicting the surface without > snapping the circle to the end of the sweep path. (If I use a rail > construction, then the surface flattens when it turns.) I want it to > the pipe/tube surface to keep its shape when it bends and turns. And I > want to make multiple ones (like a set of conduits) that are > controlled by a single cross section circle, if possible. (Hence, why > I tried to use instances of the cross section circle. This works in > C4D, just thought it might work here too.) > > Also, I find that the snapping instructions don't completely work if I > try to snap the curves while they are in the surface mesh constructor > level. I have to take them out of the mesh constructor, snap them, and > then remake the surface. > > On 8/14/09, Matthias Kappenberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> If I'm right you have to use here >> some javascript or mapping. >> >> Matthias >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Henry Tjernlund" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:18 PM >> Subject: Re: Rotation matching, and another question >> >> >>> Also, is it possible to make an instance of a cross section curve for >>> a sweep so that more than one pipe/sweep can share the same cross >>> section shape so that only one curve needs to be edited to change the >>> size/shape of multiple pipes (sweeps)? >>> >>> Not sure if my question is clear. I want to make several pipes that >>> are the same size (cross section). I though if I used instances of the >>> same circle then I could change only the master circle to change all >>> their sizes (cross sections) at the same time, rather than use copies >>> of the first circle and have to change all of them one at a time. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Henry >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> Henry Tjernlund >>> http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/browse.php?username=henrytj >>> http://www.modelmayhem.com/HenryTjernlund >>> http://imdb.com/name/nm2519729/ >>> http://www.myspace.com/henrytj >>> http://henrytj.deviantart.com/ >>> >> > > > -- > -- > Henry Tjernlund > http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/browse.php?username=henrytj > http://www.modelmayhem.com/HenryTjernlund > http://imdb.com/name/nm2519729/ > http://www.myspace.com/henrytj > http://henrytj.deviantart.com/ >
