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Transcript
00:00
If I want to take a profile shape and sweep it along the path curve, I've got three tools I can use, Rail, Extrude, and Profile.
00:10
And I'll start with Profile, as it's the most flexible tool.
00:14
And to use it in its simplest form, I'll just choose a natural profile orientation.
00:19
The prompt line's asked me to select the curves for the profile.
00:22
So, I can just drag a box across these multiple curves, say Accept to say that I've finished that,
00:29
And then I have a choice: I either want to select a second profile, in which case I'll do another Accept;
00:36
or, if I'm ready to choose the path, I can just say Done, and then it'll ask me to choose the rail path.
00:42
And I've got three curves there.
00:44
But because I've got Chain Select on, it picks them all in one go, and that will build that simple swept surface.
00:53
Another tool I can use is Extrude.
00:55
Now this is a legacy tool that it has an option window, which means I need to choose my options and then say Go.
01:03
And it doesn't have any chain select or drag select for the profile curves.
01:09
So, the way I typically use it is, first of all, to pick the curves that I want for the profile, if there's more than one,
01:14
and then go and use the Extrude tool that will keep those selected, so I can just do a Go and then Extrude the path.
01:23
So, it's a much simpler tool, and it can only extrude along one path curve at a time, but it does a perfectly good job.
01:31
And then finally, the Rail tool.
01:34
So, when I choose One Generation curve, it switches to Monorail Mode, which is a sweep mode,
01:41
and I can choose my generation curve, my rail curve, and it will do the sweep as I'd expected.
01:48
I've got some different options with rail, so I can choose which curve positions the surface in space.
01:55
And I can add some rotation or twist into the surface here, or I can scale it up or scale it down as it goes along the path.
02:05
So, the rail surface works when I've got a single profile curve.
02:10
When you've got multiple curves in the profile, use the Extrude tool for simple shapes, or the Profile tool to have more control.
Video transcript
00:00
If I want to take a profile shape and sweep it along the path curve, I've got three tools I can use, Rail, Extrude, and Profile.
00:10
And I'll start with Profile, as it's the most flexible tool.
00:14
And to use it in its simplest form, I'll just choose a natural profile orientation.
00:19
The prompt line's asked me to select the curves for the profile.
00:22
So, I can just drag a box across these multiple curves, say Accept to say that I've finished that,
00:29
And then I have a choice: I either want to select a second profile, in which case I'll do another Accept;
00:36
or, if I'm ready to choose the path, I can just say Done, and then it'll ask me to choose the rail path.
00:42
And I've got three curves there.
00:44
But because I've got Chain Select on, it picks them all in one go, and that will build that simple swept surface.
00:53
Another tool I can use is Extrude.
00:55
Now this is a legacy tool that it has an option window, which means I need to choose my options and then say Go.
01:03
And it doesn't have any chain select or drag select for the profile curves.
01:09
So, the way I typically use it is, first of all, to pick the curves that I want for the profile, if there's more than one,
01:14
and then go and use the Extrude tool that will keep those selected, so I can just do a Go and then Extrude the path.
01:23
So, it's a much simpler tool, and it can only extrude along one path curve at a time, but it does a perfectly good job.
01:31
And then finally, the Rail tool.
01:34
So, when I choose One Generation curve, it switches to Monorail Mode, which is a sweep mode,
01:41
and I can choose my generation curve, my rail curve, and it will do the sweep as I'd expected.
01:48
I've got some different options with rail, so I can choose which curve positions the surface in space.
01:55
And I can add some rotation or twist into the surface here, or I can scale it up or scale it down as it goes along the path.
02:05
So, the rail surface works when I've got a single profile curve.
02:10
When you've got multiple curves in the profile, use the Extrude tool for simple shapes, or the Profile tool to have more control.
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