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Adding details using the Sweep 1 Rail tool

Adding details using the Sweep 1 Rail tool - Rhino Tutorial

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Adding details using the Sweep 1 Rail tool

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- So let's continue with the legs of our chair. We're going to be using two main commands, the Sweep 1 Rail command and the Curve From 2 Views command. To start, let's work on our Front Legs. Let's turn on the Layer command and as you can see, I've already created the rail that we're going to use for our Front Legs. We're going to be using the Sweep 1 Rail command, so we need two parts, the rail, and then, the profiles. We're going to put one at the bottom and one at the top. The one at the bottom is going to be slightly smaller than the one at the top to create a taper. I'm going to turn this to X-Ray so that we can find the top of that curve. I'm going to come over here and hit Circle, and I'm going to use the AroundCurve setting, and I'm going to make this .5". That AroundCurve setting allowed me to use the end of that curve as my center point. Let's do the same down here, Circle, AroundCurve, I'm going to make this .375" and we're about ready to do our Sweep. Go to Surface, go to…

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