Hutch Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Is this what you are looking for? If you want details of how I made it let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwoelbel Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 The wireframe is a darned good start but I would be interested in the play-by-play of how you went about doing it. Did you start with crossed half-barrels as I did? I REALLY appreciate your help on this. I was running into a wall not being able to see alternative construction methods. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Reynolds Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 I'm impressed that those 5 pointers look as smooth as they do. It's been my experience that they don't like being this contorted, especially long and skinny. May I see a close up view of a progressive render of one of them? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutch Posted January 13, 2005 Author Share Posted January 13, 2005 Basically, I made one barrel and copied it. I rotated the copy 90 degrees. From the front view I then locked one barrel and used the arrow keys to align the vertical spline of the other barrel with the locked arch (using mirror mode). After I had them aligned I bumped them all back out just a bit so that there was a small gap. I unlocked and deleted the untweaked barrel. I broke the splines and deleted the center from the barrel. Then I copied, pasted and rotated the whole thing 90 degrees. After that I just connected splines and made 5 point patches. This pic includes a closeup of the top of the arch. There is a little weirdness you can see. This could probbaly be fixed by making the original barrel with more lathe cross sections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwoelbel Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Ahhh... I see how you are doing it. Tonight I tinker with vaults. Thanks Hutch - IOU some insightfull thought and a cold beverage of your choice. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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