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The whole chess set is completed. I call it the Deserted Empress Luxury Chess Set.

It is currently on the market as a 3D model on turbosquid.com; board and all. (I don't know if this was a hasted move. It felt like the right time was now. haha)

Hey,

So, I understand that the path in question to be extruded (path #1) should be placed centered at the beginning point of the path which shape is the extrusion (path #2).

Here I placed path #1, an octagon, centered at the first point of path #2, an abstract incomplete right triangle. What are the results when I extruded #1 along #2? I receive an extrusion the shape of #2, alright. But, there's no tubular octagon. It's a flattened plane that runs the shape of the extrusion. (Please  download and consult the file below.)

Is there a different position that I should be placing either or both of these paths?

Please help.

~~~JSmith~~~

Happy New year to all!
Wish you the best this year.

Awww, thank you always, Steve. I'm glad you derived visual pleasure from it.

Anything about it you think could do with some improvement?

Sup, Anim8or community,

I've never been an active member, but for those who have at least vague familiarity with me, I design 3d chess pieces.

In the past, when I posted my chess sets, all my 3D horse heads have been purchased and modified. That's how I used to make my Knights.

This time, it's different. I created the following baby all on my own from nothing but the rubble.

I used incompatible side and front reference images to create my very own first Knight piece ever. It was very difficult, and I wanted to give up 3 times.

Finally, after 2 weeks, I managed to create something worth looking at!

I'm sure critics have a whole lot to say about every little thing that maybe wrong with it. Nevertheless, I am happy for having tried it out and achieved it on my own, with no help from anyone!

Please check it out! 

This is so cool.

So much of it looks very "realistic".

In v1.01390, I can't free-rotate x-y-z while in object mode; or any of the modes, for that matter. Also, the middle-click for finer zooming is also gone.

The rotation system in this most current version is isolated to view-x, view-y-, view-z, which we can only rotate singularly at a time. When I rotate view-y and then rotate view-x, the camera angle of view is unwantedly tilted; which renders rotation in .01390 completely useless.

The rotation/panning/zooming features were much treasured, productive and efficient from previous downgraded 1.01 versions. Please bring them back.

Also, in the current version I'm using (a downgraded 1.01 version; not sure which), the program regularly crashes when I undo and redo spline-work. Whole projects will then be thrown the the sewer, and I would end up extremely frustrated, putting my project away to not touch again for hours, days, or even weeks.

Thanks for the info, Steve. However, it still hardly answers my original question.
The old way was smooth. Is it possible to zoom the old way in this new version?
If so, what do I have to do to do it?