Objects "lathed" along a path?

Stiglr · 17th August 2005, 02:53 PM

Forgive me if this is a RTFM type of question, but I actually did RTFM,

and couldn't seem to locate what I'm looking for.

Closest to it seems to be "Revolve". But, what if I don't want a perfectly round object? Suppose, I want inner ribs or bulkheads of an aircraft? So I want to take a __|—|__ shaped object and "lathe it along a path of vertices copied directly from my fuselage cylinder contours. Or perhaps a Line or Polyline of any shape of my choosing.

Is there a way to do this easily without the need to do a lot of pulling and pressing on the "revolved" circle to get the same result?

I actually managed to do this with Revolve, but wasn't quite satisfied with the result (or the number of steps it took to do it).

17th August 2005, 02:53 PM	#1
Stiglr Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 604	Objects "lathed" along a path? Forgive me if this is a RTFM type of question, but I actually did RTFM, and couldn't seem to locate what I'm looking for. Closest to it seems to be "Revolve". But, what if I don't want a perfectly round object? Suppose, I want inner ribs or bulkheads of an aircraft? So I want to take a __\|—\|__ shaped object and "lathe it along a path of vertices copied directly from my fuselage cylinder contours. Or perhaps a Line or Polyline of any shape of my choosing. Is there a way to do this easily without the need to do a lot of pulling and pressing on the "revolved" circle to get the same result? I actually managed to do this with Revolve, but wasn't quite satisfied with the result (or the number of steps it took to do it). __________________ Flight Sim Project Contributor My Gaming Rig: i5 2500K Quad-Core CPU at 3.3GHz MSI P67A-C43 mobo 4GB of PC12800 DDR3 memory Windows 7 1GB Galaxy GeForce GTX550 Ti video card GeForce 270.61 drivers (4/2011) Cougar joystick/throttle combo CH Pedals