rafaelmartins.95 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Hello! I want to create a curved corner in this frame but I'm not sure how. It is supposed to be the same as the one next to it but this wall is curved. I've already converted all the lines of the frame into NURBS and they are already composed into one object. (I will later use it as a path to extrude a profile along). I'm just not sure how to do that curved bit. I created those spheres there just to visualize where the curves need to go. Can anyone help me? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
markdd Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 You could make a copy of the flat one and then use the bend tool in the 3D toolset to shape it the way you need. 2 Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 @rafaelmartins.95 Using your original path and some circles, you can create a solid subtraction that has a face surface that contains the curves you need. From there, extract in "extract curve" mode to get your curves. This probably won't result in a good EAP path to use, depending on your profile. So use the split tool to divide the long bottom and top curves in half. Use show direction for each of the curves and insure they are all pointing in the same direction. Grab the curves representing one half of the molding, Modify -> Compose to generate 1/2 of the path you need. EAP mirror the result in plan view maybe solid add to combine them, but unlikely due to the curve. just throw the two halves on the same class and group them. mission accomplished. 3 Quote Link to comment
rafaelmartins.95 Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 @jeff prince It worked! Thank you so much! I didn't know about the extract tool so that was very handy. I'm just now learning how to use Vectorworks for uni, so this was very helpful! 1 Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 @rafaelmartins.95 glad it helped. Quote Link to comment
Tom W. Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 @rafaelmartins.95 do check out 'Deform' tool as well, as suggested by @markdd . It's another good way to do it 1 Quote Link to comment
rafaelmartins.95 Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 @markdd @Tom W. Yeah thank you guys as well. I also used this suggestion for something else! :) Quote Link to comment
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