So you're talking a left and right twist on the some project, I have not done that. I have only done straight cylinders with right or left twist.
My process was draw a profile of the bit you are going to use. Draw a circle the diameter you want your project, move bit profile on edge and locate where you want it, hit the move in circle, click on center, hit ctrl key, move degrees you want ( should be multiple that goes into 360 even) like 30 then hit 12x enter, Extend object up .25" click on top surface only, again use circle move and rotate 15 degrees and that should give you the twist, save as component and step and repeat to length. Hope makes sense, pretty involved. Reads should be done same way except use the use push/pull for straight if you have on circle you have drawn, Note try to do 2d plane and push pull before going into 3d. Thanks Greg -----Original Message----- From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andy Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 10:20 AM To: Legacy Ornamental Mills Subject: Re: sample sketchup drawings Ok how did you do it? Im pretty sure i could do it for objects of consistent geometry such as cylinders. I was trying to model a pineapple twist on a sphere. The other one I was trying was a country style table leg with reeds (which you would cut from the side using the mill. I was trying to model the leg then sketch the profile of the Reed on one end. Then with the wireframe on, I tried to draw a line following the contour of the leg. Then use the follow me tool. I think I'm doing something wrong because I can't get it to subtract the Reed. As far as drawing the pineapple twist on a sphere....I have no idea where to start there. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en.
