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1. Curved Arches tutorial

   

   Topic by Makkon · Apr 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Hey guys! A few of you mentioned that you wanted a tutorial on how to make arches (or other geometry) curve around a cylinder. Well, this is my first tutorial, and so if it ends up being confusing let me know and I can rewrite it. I took too many pictures, but I'm more of a visual learner. Here goes. Let me start off by…

2. Re: Curved Arches tutorial

   

   Reply by Mark Dygert · Apr 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Interesting method. Seems like a lot of steps? I'm a max user and I normally I create a path/spline for the arch, create a shape path and sweep it over the arch. You can adjust either the shape and the default UV's that are generated work for most things really well. You can also create a straight piece of geometry and…