i have managed to produce the effect by creating a single loop of helixical prot, then using the pattern around a curve option. By only selectingthe part of the curve/circle that i want it to follow, i produce the correct end result. The problem is that the alignment is not prefect and so the...
My fault, I wasn't using the tool correctly.
Ikept selecting sketchs in the cross section step rather than moving into the curve gudie step.
Have now started to use it properly
Yeah the blobks are solid. I just need the one face to be shaped.
Would it be a problem that the block has no thickness aroun the edge i want the blue surf to take? eg more like a bulge out of the side of something rather than a shape in it's own right.
Not sure what you mean by copy surface.
Offset surface wont work untill the blue surf has created the sheet.
I did forget to mention that I am using SE-17, though this shouldn't make a difference.
Firstly, I'm new to SE but have settled to it well.
I am trying to use the blue surf option to create 'sheets' for blocks to wrap onto.
I have looked at the single tutorial covering this subject but it is really bad, along with many of the others by only giving a guide to the specific...
