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luuckyy · 1st October 2011, 04:41 PM

The idea I have is to use the wave3D plugin to built a canvas, then extrude edges as needed to model the screw face by face ... needless to say that it is time consuming, but I don't see any other way for now ...

What I've done in the pictures above :
- use the wave3D plugin as usual
- duplicate the spline and move it a little bit on the Y axis
- merge both splines
- extrude edges, and move extruded vertices on their target using the canvas
- and so on and so on ...

- extrude by normal each faces corresponding to the outer part of the screw
- remove extruded faces except top and bottom
- snap vertices together ...
- and so on ...

Not too sure it will help but good luck anyway.

1st October 2011, 04:41 PM	#5
luuckyy Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: France Posts: 737	Re: Modeling a Sheet Metal Screw The idea I have is to use the wave3D plugin to built a canvas, then extrude edges as needed to model the screw face by face ... needless to say that it is time consuming, but I don't see any other way for now ... What I've done in the pictures above : - use the wave3D plugin as usual - duplicate the spline and move it a little bit on the Y axis - merge both splines - extrude edges, and move extruded vertices on their target using the canvas - and so on and so on ... - extrude by normal each faces corresponding to the outer part of the screw - remove extruded faces except top and bottom - snap vertices together ... - and so on ... Not too sure it will help but good luck anyway. Attached Thumbnails __________________ OL.