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Small question: create a plane from an edge [Solved]
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 7:37 pm
by MileHighGuy
I am making an arrow and I want the feathers to be a single plane each. I have set up the model with edges where I want to make the plane from, but there doesn't seem to be a tool to make a plane from them.
Bonus points to whoever can help me make each feather perpendicular to the shaft and uniform in length.
Re: Small question: create a plane from an edge
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 7:49 pm
by JimmyAngler
What are you modeling in? Blender? XSI?
Re: Small question: create a plane from an edge
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 7:52 pm
by Marth8880
One way to do it would be to create a bunch of grid primitives and use those instead, but the slightly more expensive way to do it would be to select you edges and press Ctrl+D to extrude them, and then X to switch to the Scale tool and scale them outwards from the center of the selection, which would (should) also cause them to be perpendicular to the shaft and uniform in length.
Re: Small question: create a plane from an edge
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 8:06 pm
by MileHighGuy
JimmyAngler wrote:What are you modeling in? Blender? XSI?
I am modeling in xsi
One way to do it would be to create a bunch of grid primitives and use those instead, but the slightly more expensive way to do it would be to select you edges and press Ctrl+D to extrude them, and then X to switch to the Scale tool and scale them outwards from the center of the selection, which would (should) also cause them to be perpendicular to the shaft and uniform in length.
I will try those methods. 2/3 feathers are not parallel with xz so I am not sure it will scale correctly.
EDIT:
Marth8880 wrote:One way to do it would be to create a bunch of grid primitives and use those instead, but the slightly more expensive way to do it would be to select you edges and press Ctrl+D to extrude them, and then X to switch to the Scale tool and scale them outwards from the center of the selection, which would (should) also cause them to be perpendicular to the shaft and uniform in length.
Scaling them didn't work. They just stayed in the same place. Translating works, but i can only do one direction at a time.
EDIT 2:
I figured it out. I selected each edge I wanted, then right clicked and chose extrude along axis. not a plane, but works like a charm.
EDIT 3: I set the skirting ratio to 0 and it is now a plane. I get blue (unconnected) edges, does that matter?