Curve array problems in blender

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May 28, 2019 at 2:17 pm #10388
romainhd
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Hello everybody 🙂

I tried to make an array with a bezier circle to make the tower Details

It worked, but the circle is not round anymore, it seems that it turns itself into a spiral

Here my steps:

-I created a part of the detail,

– I added an array modifier with fit type as fitcurve, selected the bezier.

– then I added a curve modifier, selected the bezier again.

I applied scale with ctrl a for the object too. I tried also to change the local axis in edit mode, brings me weirder results…

Thanks for your help 🙂

Greetings
May 28, 2019 at 3:38 pm #46699
numbernine
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The current scale of the ‘tower detail’ object is 0.932, that’s why it doesn’t complete the circle all the way. Hit CTRL+A with the object selected and hit “Scale”. This applies the current scale of the object and sets it 1.
May 29, 2019 at 1:01 am #46700
spikeyxxx
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Hi romainhd, as numbernine said the scale should be applied, but it looks like you did that already in the last screenshot ( and you also said that you applied it), but for the spiralling, that has to do with the rotation of your detail segment. Set the Z-rotation back to 0. (Do NOT apply the rotation, but set it to 0 in the N-panel!)
May 29, 2019 at 9:23 am #46701
romainhd
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@spikeyxxx hi, thanks but it didnt change. Here s a quick video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiNdDXpAgno&feature=youtu.be
May 29, 2019 at 9:48 am #46702
spikeyxxx
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@romainhd Bummer! Could you share your .blend? That would be extremely helpful! Otherwise it’s just a guessing game;)

I’ve had similar problems with the curve modifier and there is a lot that you could be doing wrong.

The video showed the problem all right, but not what’s causing it. At least, I couldn’t figure it out, just by looking at it.

I’m convinced that I could help you if I had access to your .blend.
May 29, 2019 at 10:44 am #46703
romainhd
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@spikeyxxx how can I share the blend file here?
May 29, 2019 at 10:56 am #46704
spikeyxxx
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@romainhd I don’t know if there is any other way to do this, but you can upload it to a cloud service like, for instance, ‘Dropbox’ and then share the link.
May 29, 2019 at 11:22 am #46705
romainhd
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@spikeyxxx https://www.dropbox.com/home/Public?preview=ViandenPlangrPalaisneiblend.blend1
May 29, 2019 at 11:41 am #46706
spikeyxxx
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@romainhd Sorry, but the link just gets me into Dropbox, it doesn’t give me access to your .blend…
May 29, 2019 at 11:48 am #46707
romainhd
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@spikeyxxx https://www.dropbox.com/s/opbxh0xv8d91jl3/ViandenPlangrPalaisneiblend.blend1?dl=0
May 29, 2019 at 12:09 pm #46708
spikeyxxx
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@romainhd Yes, it’s working, but this is your .blend1, I need the .blend, because I can’t open the . blend1. Sorry for all the inconvenience, but we will get there in the end:D
May 29, 2019 at 12:32 pm #46709
romainhd
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@spikeyxxx whats the difference? 😉 here the link, thank you spike!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ana36aw6fry3ur2/ViandenPlangrPalaisneiblend.blend?dl=0
May 29, 2019 at 12:43 pm #46710
spikeyxxx
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@romainhd Okay, I’ve got it now, I’ll look into it. As for the difference, as far as I understand it, the .blend1 is sort of a backup. There is an Article about this, just released, by Wayne: https://blog.cgcookie.com/what-is-a-blend1-file-and-do-you-really-need-them/
May 29, 2019 at 1:15 pm #46711
spikeyxxx
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@romainhd So it seems to be simply a matter of the rotation of the ‘Turmarray’ as I suspected, Maybe this will show you how the rotation affects the result: https://youtu.be/Gq9eqqdphLc

It’s really poor quality, but I hope you can see it, because YT told me the video is private, although I set it to public???
May 29, 2019 at 1:23 pm #46712
romainhd
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@spikeyxxx Thank you, yes it worked 🙂 Maybe you can help me with the next Problem, I want to do one Roof with the Building and the Towers, how should i do it? I tried to extrude the edges of a clyinder, but the Transition from it between the Roof of Tower and Building is a mess 😉 thank you
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