Creating a Curved Projection Screen Surface

[ccorbett]

Hi There.

I am trying to render a drawing of a custom curved screen for a project I am working on. I need to render some still shots of video content onto the surface but as it is not a "screen object" I am struggling to figure out how to make it work.

Perhaps my approach is wrong. I started with an arc that matches the curve of the screen and then extruded the arc to the full height of the screen. This is where I get stuck, I can add the texture to the arc, but it does not render onto the surface, instead it renders onto the 3D object "the pie wedge" created by extruding the arc.

[grant_PD]

Take that pie object and convert to nurbs. You then can delete all other surfaces but the arc.

Another alternative would be to use the curved wall tool.

[michaelk]

Or draw the arc with the polyline tool with no fill. Modify > Decompose. Extrude and change the fill to solid.

[John Meunier]

Or draw an arc, then draw a line equal to the height of the screen.

Then select both and use the command extrude along path, use the arc as the path object.

[ccorbett]

Thanks Everyone, All great suggestions and very helpful!