From the course: Rhino 6 Essential Training (2018)

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Using Revolve and Rail Revolve

Using Revolve and Rail Revolve - Rhino Tutorial

From the course: Rhino 6 Essential Training (2018)

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Using Revolve and Rail Revolve

- [Instructor] We now get to generate some surfaces with the Revolve and Rail Revolve. First, let's focus on the basic Revolve, and some recommended rules we can use to avoid problems. I recommend, highly, using an axis line, even if it takes a little extra time to draw. This red line here represents the axis. For best results, you wanna have the curve or the profile touch that exactly. Rule number two, try to avoid pinches or holes. Notice the curve here does not touch the axis line. And down here at the bottom, it comes in at an angle. I'm gonna show you exactly what happens if we revolve this. I'm gonna select the curve, then go to surface, revolve. Now you wanna have the end point snaps on, that's why we're using the axis, so we can snap on one end, and then the other. Now we have options to start anywhere and end anywhere, but typically we're gonna go full circle. So up at the command line just select that. And now we see the result. We have a little bit of a pinch. On the other…

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