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Space Tunnel Cinema 4d
Im fairly new to cinema 4d and cant figure something out. I am trying to make a round space tunnel type of structure. I want the tunnel to have equally spaced segmented rings that jut out from the main tube. Creating in the tunnel in a straight line is not a problem, but Id like the tunnel to bend, turn, and bank. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
This is close to what Im going for.
https://us-cdn.creamermedia.co.za/assets/articles/images/resized/48505_resized_becker_profile_tunnel_supports.jpg -
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Mograph does this very well. Set your cloner to OBJECT and drag the spline you want to follow as the object.
You can also use the duplicate tool. Make sure your spline is set to uniform in the intermediate Points. It might take some tweaking to get the alignment right. The banking has to be delt with a rail spline.
/Randy
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unfortunately I do not own Mograph, from what I read it seems like that would work, but I cant afford to buy that right now.
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You can still use the duplicate tool. Select the object you want to replicate and Functions:Duplicate then in the attributes manager set the MODE to align to spline. Then you will need to tinker with the axis and maybe add a rail spline but that will certainly get the job done too.
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Thanks. I tried that, there was a lot of overlapping of duplicated objects around bends. I had some trouble figuring out the rail path. I ended up getting something close by making a large section and using the bend tool, although it doesnt offer as much control as I wanted. Thanks again
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