Member Lwmusings Posted October 4, 2013 Member Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Hey Guys, been lurking for a while. First time posting. Is there a way to extrude a shape along a spline / path? I'd love to be able to extrude say a square along a spline path. Or a diamond along a path. Thanks for any tips on how to do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Psionic Posted October 4, 2013 Member Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 If I'm understanding you correctly here's one way using the curves tool. See attached pic 1. Create a cube, press ENTER to create it. 2. Drag the cube/layer by the little arrow that appears just to the left of the PLUS sign on the layer when you hover over the layer..... 3. up into the SPLINES area to create a new spline object. Set the Y period (spacing) so that the cubes overlap a bit and create a new spline object. 4. Select the CURVES tool. 5. Select the new CUBE SPLINE OBJECT you just created 6. Draw some curve points, position, scale, rotate etc and press ENTER to make the form, possibly on a new layer if you want to work on seperately before merging it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Denis Posted October 4, 2013 Advanced Member Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 I created a new spline using the lathe option in primatives(as seen on the right) but when draw a spline with the curves tool I get a space between. Not a continuous curve(as seen in the viewport) How would I make this continuous without the spaces? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Psionic Posted October 4, 2013 Member Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Denis: When you create the spline object by dragging an layer in you get a dialog box popup with X,Y,Z period (spacing). It shows you several splines cloned/looped if you like, you usually need to tweak the Y Period setting to set the spacing how you want it. Not sure if this spline spacing can be edited afterwards?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Denis Posted October 4, 2013 Advanced Member Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Yes, by adjusting the y value by a few points I'm able to get the desired results. This will be extremely useful to me. Thanks big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Lwmusings Posted October 4, 2013 Author Member Report Share Posted October 4, 2013 Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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