Last Revised : 7 February 2000   drakaza@planetquake.com

                        Simple 180 Degree Arches


    This tutorial will show you how to make a simple 180 degree arch.
    As in the previous tutorial, we change the gridsize to 16.

    Now create a brush that is 4x4 (28 units high) :

                                       
                                                      Top View


                                 
                                                    Front View

    Now click on the Curves menu, and under More Cylinders , click on Square Cylinder

                             


    This will create a cylindrical mesh for our arch so that we can transform it later.
    We need to make the mesh a bit denser (but not as dense as "Dense Cylinder")
    Click on Curves/Insert, then on Insert (2) Rows

                             


    We now need to fix up the mesh so that the lines are spread uniformly.
    Click on Curves/Matrix/Re-disperse, then on Rows

                             


    We then start the bending process for the brush. Make sure the brush is still
    selected and press 'B', or click on the "Patch Bend Mode" button

                                         
    You should now see some purple dots, which represent the points at which
    you can bend the brush. Now look in the Front View and if the purple dots
    are not in the following position, press TAB until they are.

                                                 
                                                    Front View


    Press Enter and you will see one of the dots turn blue. Now look in the Top View,
    and press TAB until the Middle-Right dot is selected, like so:

                                       
                                                      Top View


    Just like in the previous tutorial, change the gridsize to the smallest setting. In the
    Front View, hold the left mouse button down, and drag the mouse up until the
    bottom of the arch is exactly at right angles to to the rest of the brush.

                                               
                                                    Front View



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