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Where can I start?
kreator:
Be in Object mode, Points selected [Keystroke p]
1: Cut the runners four times.[Keystroke Shift/c]
1a: Faces selected
2: Inset the four resulting faces.
3: On each inset back and front. pick front and back face.
4: Press the = key to bridge those faces.
You can either do this for each individual Runner, or Hide all the other boards to perform the above operations
captaindrewi:
if you are still puzzled i hope this helps.
Owl:
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Thank you for you help!
I understand what you wrote but nothing works as I expect it.
How do I start?
1) I assume you mean draw a runner as a rectangle 36"x4"x2". Only know three possible ways to do that:
1.1) Start with a cube and scale one dimension.
1.1.1) Select and Every other function works on it: select, move, rotate, scale, straight path and curved path ... BUT NOT Non-Uniform scale, it doesn't work.
1.1.2) If I hold SHIFT down Non-Uniform scale works (that took a long time to stumble on, because once I have got it to work , it works every time. WHATS happening, that not mode or a function ... is it a modifier of that object?
1.1.3) Try BUILD>Convert to mesh, same problem as 1.1.2)
1.2) Start with an N-gon that is set to 4 and extrude it.
1.2.1) Using knife cut the notches, select and use Points to drag. Works, but the extrusion has error on its face.
1.3) Start with straight paths draw the entire profile including the cutouts needed for the fork truck to pick it up. (This would be my preferred way with my engineering background)
1.3.1) Extrudes ok, but can't get caps to go on.??
What do you think?
captaindrewi:
:)
kreator:
USE 0.98 Version of Anim8or ... Do Not use a Development version of anim8or for this[/color]
In object MODE which is the default mode find the cube or use the keystroke Shift c Drag out a cube roughly to the proportions of the section you want:
You now need to add some divisions to the cube, so double click on the cube and the cube editor appears, if you want four holes in the section follow the screenshot and enter the values shown:
As this is a parametric shape (The Bounding box is coloured Yellow) you have to convert it to a mesh(which has a White Bounding box) To do this Go up to the menu bar and find Build/convert to mesh.
We want to Now be in Object/Point Edit Mode which is Shift p on the keyboard then we are going to adjust all the faces, so you require face select active. Press shift p on the keyboard. We also need the front and back faces selected, Look at the Pics and also the highlighted tools in those screenshots)
We can now inset those faces just use the inset tool, shift i on the keyboard until you are satisfied with their dimensions.
Click in the vacant workspace to turn off the faces then use the select tool to highlight the front and back faces of one section, then hit the = key and you will have an enclosed hole through the section.
Do this for the other three sections and it should look like this
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