Hi Rick, you could use the Flow command which is new in v3 to apply bending on a shape.
It maps between a base curve (or base surface) and a target curve or surface. In this case you can try drawing a line as the base curve running right down the middle of your straight shape, and draw a bent curve as the target for what you want to map onto. Then select your object that you want to deform, run Transform > Deform > Flow, at the prompts pick your base curve and target curve and that will then generate a bent object.
See here for an example:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=5097.2
> (MOI needs a manual so badly)
There is a manual, you can push F1 to pull it up locally or see it online here:
http://moi3d.com/2.0/docs/moi_help.htm
It does not cover Flow yet though since that's new for v3 and v3 is still not finished yet. The updates to the manual for new v3 functions will happen at the very end of the v3 beta cycle.
- Michael
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