AlW
July 31, 2020, 12:12am
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This looks like the kind of thing that would benefit from the blocks feature. Determine and draw the basic repeat and make it a block definition. Then make the subsequent cycles of the basic pattern as block instances. This will save a whole lot of memory and computational time. Check out these old threads:
Holo makes a very important point. In real life armored coverings over flexible hoses are made of stuff which is much less flexible than the hose. It might rely on geometric displacement of the overlap between turns (for rigid spiral wrap), elastic deformation (materials harder and tougher than the hose but still deformable) or even complex shifting of individual strands of braided wire. A truly realistic depiction of this behavior would need to duplicate the construction and properties of the r…
I’m trying to make one new video every week for my class. This latest one covers three killer tips for making quick and easy machinery parts. I show how to make pipe collars and seams, flexible ducting, and everyone’s favorite, the spiral wiring for your old rotary dial telephone. Running time = 13:58
There is a page for all of the prior videos here: video page
The site has a front page with ‘sporadic and random 3D and nerd bits.’