Michael---you can probably see the dark mushroom cloud over my place from where you are!

LOVE the rotate gizmos etc in the other thread!

Brian

I got some cool results by sweeping a helix then squishing it down.

Its somewhat different shape than what you show, but if you were allowed the creative, then its fast and looks great. Maybe for future creations. Works less for the W V A thing but more for a similar effect quikly!

Burr, that one really has the most natural kind of look to it!

Yeah slightly different than the official target design since the sections are not straight, but it also seems like that same thing gives it a much more natural wrapping look to it as well...

- Michael

Whoa!

I did not know that blend works on curves, I surely learned something today!
That's the problem, Moi makes me feel like I don't "need" to read the manual!

Marc

Perhaps this will help it's just a sweep of a rectangle along two lines blended with tangential option

Rafaello, nice approach. I did try your model but notice that only works with those angles I tried to rotate the non vertical leg and make it parallel to the other leg but it won't sweep. Any idea way?

Hi, you have to break the rail curve and erase the curve between th lines, then move the lines to the new position and blend them like I show you in the image, finally join the lines with the curve and make the sweep.

Hi all, this is my attempt for what it's worth.

Hi Wagurto,

what about this, borrowed Dan's 3dm-file and rotaded/copy/pasted the parts




ooops, I meant to say: "This is from right to left"...

/Lars

Hi, Dan I saw the file you sent and that's exactly what I was lookink for. I try to replicate what you did but I am stuck at the lost+sweep step. Could you be so king to eleborate a little more? I am really new to MOI and step by step command will help me a lot.
thanks
Wil

Hi Wil,
here you are. Sorry for the bad quality, but I had to keep it light!
Hope it helps
Cheers
Dan

Hello:

I´m too late, but.... :-)

1.- Draw a polyline and fillet it.





2.- Extrude the polyline setting the direction of extrusion










3.- And...nothing else. You can mirror the result and copy to get the final result. (and shell it, of course)







Bye

David

Hi Dan thanks for your answer and quick tutorial. But I was takinh to your other solution. See de attached picture please.
thanks

That's exactly the step I've tried to explain in the video. First you loft the two pairs of parallel lines, then you sweep the two curved blends.

Hi wagurto,

I took the example from Daniele(compliments) and joined the curves
in two single curves

Then snapped a horizontal Line between them,and
Sweep two rails to create a single surface

Finally Shell(Flip direction option)