bending objects

 From:  Michael Gibson
3875.4 In reply to 3875.1 
Hi nos, as Danny says above MoI does not currently have any tools to deform a solid that you have already created.

Typically the way such things are done is to draw it in the bent position right from the start. Or as Danny mentions with surfaces rather than solids it is possible to manipulate the control points of the surface to deform it.

If you could post a sample model that shows more specifically what you are trying to do, that could help to offer some additional tips.

One way that can work currently to bend your models is to import them into Rhino - Rhino uses the same 3DM file format as MoI and it has some tools for deforming solids like bending them. So you can import your model into Rhino, perform the bend in Rhino, then import your model back into MoI again. You can also use Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V copy and paste to move models back and forth between MoI and Rhino.

- Michael