Tortured Prim i've never seen
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Darien Caldwell
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Join date: 12 Oct 2006
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06-06-2008 18:33
Ok, I saw a prim on a build that has me stumped, and I thought i knew how to twist up just about anything. It appears to be a cube hollowed and then cut on two sides, to make an 'L'. However, the angle isn't 90 degrees, its more like 130-140 degrees. In the picture i approximated what it looks like with two prims in the foreground. It's definetly one prim though, and not a sculptie. So anyone know how they did that? http://www.flickr.com/photos/darien_caldwell/2557555262/ |
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Chosen Few
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06-06-2008 19:21
Without seeing the original, it's hard to tell, of course. But my guess is it's simply a hollowed & cut cylinder.  If you cut from .46 to .54, you're left with just two sections out of the 24 total that make up a cylinder. Size and rotate it right, and it looks like your obtuse L shape.
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Tegg Bode
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06-07-2008 00:03
Taper & Shear?
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Day Oh
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06-07-2008 00:11
triangular hollow?
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Zen Zeddmore
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06-07-2008 08:43
I have to go with Chosen here, It looks very much like a hollowed cylindar slice.
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Blake Sachs
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06-07-2008 08:52
Looks like a cube or a prism with non-equal sides, using twist (same angle for top and bottom) and cut. If one side is longer than the other, twisting faces will produce a shear effect as well as rotation. It becomes more noticeable the bigger the length difference is.
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Fenix Eldritch
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Join date: 30 Jan 2005
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06-07-2008 09:21
I agree with Blake. Here's what you do:
Take a fresh cube and give it these profile cuts
B: 0.125
E: 0.375
Set both twist parameters to 45
Reduce the x length to 0.250
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Anya Ristow
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06-07-2008 10:25
From: Fenix Eldritch Take a fresh cube and give it these profile cuts
B: 0.125
E: 0.375
Set both twist parameters to 45
Reduce the x length to 0.250 Then hollow it. |
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Darien Caldwell
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06-07-2008 13:49
From: Anya Ristow Then hollow it. That's it. Wow, i tried so many combinations. Thanks Blake, Fenix, and Anya! |
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Fenix Eldritch
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06-08-2008 07:31
Opps, ha ha yeah. Hollowing it is kinda necessary. ^_^
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Chosen Few
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06-08-2008 12:32
From: Fenix Eldritch I agree with Blake. Here's what you do:
Take a fresh cube and give it these profile cuts
B: 0.125
E: 0.375
Set both twist parameters to 45
Reduce the x length to 0.250 Very cool. By setting both twists to 45, you effectively turn a square into a diamond. It's so obvious now that you say it, I feel a bit silly for never having thought of it myself. Thanks.  One issue, though. You meant path cut, not profile cut, right?
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Fenix Eldritch
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06-08-2008 14:56
... yeah. I keep mixing those two names up. Cube type prims only have path cuts.
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