"Was this created from using Flow? There probably needs to be a tune-up to Flow to join these things up when opposite sides of the original object end up touching one another in the flow result."

Yes Please :) when using flow for rings, I normally have to take the STL output to netfabb to join up the area where the object ends touch :)

> Would it do the job if I just 2D cut a plain extruded tube surface and flowed
> the knurl pattern onto the remaining pieces?

No, that wouldn't really make any difference - Flow works on a full "underlying surface" - if you cut out a hole in the middle of something it does not make any difference as far as how Flow will be used on it.

Does the model that I attached above that will trim work ok for you?

- Michael

Hi Michael,

Sorry I didn't get back to you. I was dealing with a medical situation that arose and was nowhere near my computer for most of the week.

Yes, your model did the trick, although it wasn't immediately apparent. I had to cut it in half diagonally to better allow my computer to crunch the numbers.

Ended up making a solid tube out of the knurled section. Cut that in half diagonally. Then I used my sweeping curves to cut out the shapes and isect to make cutouts from the sweeping curves. Then I joined everything to make solids again.

Here's the result:



As you might be able to tell, it's the rubberized grip on Count Dooku's lightsaber. I got a replica for Christmas and immediately set out to model it. It's excellent practice and compliments my Luke and Obi-Wan virtual models.

Thank you so much for your help and insight.