cvdub Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I'm drafting a set of drawers for a class similar to this: [img:center]http://www.youthedesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/accordion-cabinet.jpg[/img] Turning a front view into a 3D model was easy enough, but I am having trouble with transcribing the "accordion" to the side view. What I need is to learn how to extrude the shape of the folds in the accordion and have them "shrink" to the point where the folds are more condensed. Essentially, I need my 3d object (a triangle of some sort) to start at one size and extrude to a different size. Any ideas on how I can do this? Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 That's pretty cool. I think the fastest and most accurate way to do it (provided you know the dimensions of each of the accordion segments) is to use the loft surface command. Draw the profile of the top and bottom. Convert to nurbs curves Rotate around the X axis 45? or whatever is appropriate. Loft surface - first mode - select all the checkboxes when the dialog box appears. Example attached. mk Quote Link to comment
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