I'm trying to bend shapes as I create an object like this neck to volute transition is this done with the deform tool ???? and if so
where is a good tutorial to follow.

Thanks John

You have a long thread about guitar neck here! ;)

https://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=8883.1

PS you can use the search engine of the forum! ;)
https://moi3d.com/forum/discussion.php?webtag=MOI&right=search

Hi John, if you have a .3dm file with your current "unbent" geometry if you could post that it would help to better understand your question.

You might check here for some guitar tutorials:
https://3dcncguitars.com/

- Michael

Here's what I'm working on

Thanks guys

sorry this is the area that needs that volute work

Hi John, thanks for posting the model that helped me understand your question a lot better.

But it's pretty difficult for MoI's deformation tools to warp only a localized area of a shape, especially with a feature line that is not straight.

If you were doing it in sub-d it would be pretty easy to directly manipulate the edges.

To do it by CAD construction, it might be something like this, a sweep and an extrusion that intersect each other. But there is still some pretty difficult area to fill in:









- Michael

And it may help to generate some more material on the sweep by extending the shape down like this:





- Michael

Maybe then cut off the end of the sweep using Trim and put in a blend surface:









-Michael

Or maybe that last piece could be a sharp corner and then fillet it.

But overall shaping of the extended sweep with sliced off end seems pretty good:



- Michael

Michael
thank you this is a huge help your the best

John

That is so cool!