Hi Don, and just to clarify for Sweep - it is possible to make a rounded tip with sweep which you do by having 2 rails that meet up at their tips like this (shown here with one selected so you can see how they are formed), usually you set this up by having a smooth piece there (I used curve blend in this case) that you then trim at the tip:
Then also another piece for a sweep that will be collapsing down to a point at the tip like that is you need to make an additional profile shape before the end. Usually a circle or ellipse to even out the shapes as you approach the collapsing down spot. If you just directly try to collapse a profile with variations in it, those variations will tend to be accentuated. Basically a good rounded tip should be sphere-like in the area around the tip, it won't look good if it was still trying to have the other profile shape right in the area round the tip.
So then you select profiles like this:
And then do a sweep and then select the rails:
- Michael |
