Sunday, 13 February 2011

Use of Splines and Lathe Modelling

The first stage in creating a bowl shape is to select the line tool. The parameters are changed from Bezier vertex type to smooth. A profile of half a bowl shape is drawn out and the spline is closed.
Hierarchy is selected and the adjust pivot only icon is clicked on. The pivot point is then moved to the base of the shape to ensure that the lathe modifier rotates around the base of the bowl.
The lathe modifier is then selected from the modifier list and the bowl image then appears revolved around the y axis.

The material editor is then used to apply a wood material to the bowl.

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