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Old 31st March 2007, 09:11 PM   #1
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Default Tutorial Help - Nautical Star

Hello All,
Can anyone help me out here...
I am trying to do a Nautical star...
Again... trying to do!

I attached a line drawing, I wanted it 3D, if you know what I mean.
The center would be above everything else...To make the star 3D.

Anyone have any ideas/quick tutorial?
I am sure it is not tough....probably pretty simple, just my mind is
blank..

Thanks,
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Old 1st April 2007, 03:22 AM   #2
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Hi,

create a 10 segments cylinder in the top view :


Now with the "select through" checkbox checked, drag-select the vertice in the center of the cylinder
(actually you select both top and bottom vertices) - open the "move toward ..." tool and push the ">" button :


Now, just select and move the outer vertices by something like 60% toward the center vertice(s) :


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Old 1st April 2007, 03:26 AM   #3
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You should finally end up with that :


Reduce the thickness of the star by selecting all the top vertices and moving them
a bit down the Y axis :


And move a bit the center vertice up the Y axis :


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Old 1st April 2007, 10:04 AM   #4
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Default Re: Tutorial Help - Nautical Star

Wow, so many ways to do things...
A heck of lot easier then what I was doing...

To simple!
I think, I thought it out to much!

Thanks luuckyy....
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Old 1st April 2007, 10:44 AM   #5
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I used to have a star plug-in for Ray Dream Studio.
Now I know why it was there.
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Old 1st April 2007, 11:11 AM   #6
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Default Re: Tutorial Help - Nautical Star

Don't want to sound stupid or anything...
But, where the heck is the Move Toward or Away tool????

I cannot, for the life of me, find it!
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Old 1st April 2007, 12:49 PM   #7
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It's a plugin, have a look in the plugin thread but if you turn the 10 segment cylinder after creation on Y-axis by an amount of 18 degrees, you don't need it (have a try)
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Old 1st April 2007, 12:53 PM   #8
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Whew....
I thought I was losing my mind...

Thanks for the advice and I'll have to
get the plug-in!

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Old 1st April 2007, 12:56 PM   #9
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Oops, it is a script, to be found in the script thread (sorry)
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Old 2nd January 2008, 12:56 PM   #10
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Actually, there's a quicker way for building that star shape (just seen on another 3D app forum) :

Select all the top and bottom vertices (except those in the center), but only 1 of 2 each time :


Now just scale the whole thing down by something like 50% (adjust as you need) :


And voila !



Quicker right ? I didn't think of that myself the other day
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