Why does the decorative curl from my bezier curve have an uneven thickness (thick at one end, decreasing to very thin on the other)?

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  • #12302
    shwang
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      Why does the decorative curl from my bezier curve have an uneven thickness (thick at one end, decreasing to very thin on the other)?

      #58616
      Mark Smith
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        examples (pics and/or blend files) would help someone to help you with this…

        #58617
        shwang
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          #58618
          shwang
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            This is the problem I have been having… I am unable to make the thickness of the curve uniform on the shield.  If someone could help me pinpoint the issue, I would greatly appreciate it!  Thank you!

            #58619
            spikeyxxx
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              I’m not sure, but could it be that the shield is bent (Lattice), while the Curve is ‘flat’, something like this:

              ?

              #58620
              shwang
              Participant

                Hi – Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be it, because whether everything is put on the lattice or not, the curve still has the uneven thickness…

                #58621
                Kent Trammell
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                  @shwang If you post a download link to your .blend file I’ll be happy to take a closer look. The best way to do this is by uploading your file to Dropbox, Google Drive, Mega, or equivalent file hosting service then copy + pasting the share link here.

                  #58622
                  spikeyxxx
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                    I didn’t mean to emphasize the Lattice, but the fact that the curve appears to ‘sink’ into the surface. That’s why I added the pictures…

                    You have snapping to surface enabled, but what are your settings? For instance compare:

                    to this:

                    In the first picture the curve disappears in the (curved surface of the) sphere, because it snaps only one point of the curve to the surface of the sphere.

                    In the second picture it snaps each ‘curve vertex’ to the surface.

                    #58623
                    shwang
                    Participant

                      Thank you – I’m relatively new to Blender so the support is very much appreciated!!  The file link on Google Drive is (I hope this works):

                      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t5EG4U5NGL7FIgx9WffZg7DxiHKxdQF1/view?usp=sharing

                      #58624
                      spikeyxxx
                      Participant

                        Ok. Your Taper Object (Bezier Curve.003) is messed up and should lie flat in the X,Y plane, something like this (make the changes to that curve in Edit Mode):

                        Now it should work as expected (these Taper Objects can be a bit tricky to get right…):

                        I also adjusted your snapping settings because that was only affected by Scaling.

                        Let us know if there are more problems.

                        #58625
                        Kent Trammell
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                          I’m relatively new to Blender so the support is very much appreciated!! 

                          Well welcome to Blender and CG Cookie! The issue in your file is the taper curve object (called BezierCurve.003 in your scene). Currently it’s shaped like the left image when it should be shaped like the right image:

                          Here’s the part of the video where I explain this taper curve object.

                          #58626
                          shwang
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                            Thanks, guys, for your help!  Your advice did the trick!  😀

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