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Making a reverse part of a circle

a lost user
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08-24-2005 04:59
I am trying to rez a "wave" pattern for decoration which includes a circle and a reverse circle together. Does anyone know how I could accomplish this (the reverse circle)? I have twisted and turned and hollowed away, but can't seem to make this essential shape? I attached a crude example drawing to illustrate the goal.
a lost user
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08-24-2005 06:02
Looks like a prim heavy shape to me with a mixture of cut circles and cut, rotated and circle hollowed boxes. I doubt you can do this in one prim. It'll be basically 2 prims per wave.
Jackal Ennui
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08-24-2005 06:15
From: Zed Aubret
I am trying to rez a "wave" pattern for decoration which includes a circle and a reverse circle together. Does anyone know how I could accomplish this (the reverse circle)? I have twisted and turned and hollowed away, but can't seem to make this essential shape? I attached a crude example drawing to illustrate the goal.


Use a box prim, rotate so that the Z axis is paralell to the floor, hollow to 95 with circle hollow style, and cut until you get about "Cut begin and end: 0.35 0.90". Rotate once more around the Y axis this time so the hole is the right side up :) Et voila. Now you can continue with half-cylinders for the wave part, and filling with box prims. You will probably have to adjust the cut amount manually to get a clean junction of the prims.

I dropped an object like that on you in-world so if the explanation is unclear, just rez it and have a look.
a lost user
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08-24-2005 06:49
From: Jackal Ennui
Use a box prim, rotate so that the Z axis is paralell to the floor, hollow to 95 with circle hollow style, and cut until you get about "Cut begin and end: 0.35 0.90". Rotate once more around the Y axis this time so the hole is the right side up :) Et voila. Now you can continue with half-cylinders for the wave part, and filling with box prims. You will probably have to adjust the cut amount manually to get a clean junction of the prims.

I dropped an object like that on you in-world so if the explanation is unclear, just rez it and have a look.


Ah yes! That is it. Sometimes it is good to get outside suggestions to "think outside the box." Thank you :)