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cadboi08
4th May 2009, 03:08 am
Hey

I need help getting a ribbon-around-a-box effect.


This is what I have. I want to kind of sweep the yellow rectangle along the white spline (path) but always be perpendicular to the box, so that it's actually wrapping it.

If I sweep, the angle changes as it changes direction.

Cheers

minks
4th May 2009, 03:14 pm
one way to do it is to apply extrude modifier onto your path, than use shell for thickness.
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8521/15906260.jpg

minks
4th May 2009, 03:21 pm
and don't forget to check ''straighten corners'', in shell rollout..

cadboi08
6th May 2009, 08:07 am
Thanks very much for the reply

It seems to work fine for the first few segments, but then goes all crazy and no longer wraps the box. What am I doing wrong?