Working with Splines - MAXON CINEMA 4D R16 Studio: A Tutorial Approach - page 77

Figure 2-48 The extruded rectangle
Figure 2-49 Copies of Extrude.6 placed and aligned
Creating the Strings of the Guitar
In this section, you will create the strings of the guitar by using the B-Spline tool and
Sweep generator.
1. Choose Create > Spline from the main menu; a cascading menu is displayed. Choose
B-Spline from it. Next, create a shape in the Front viewport, as shown in Figure 2-50.
Figure 2-51 shows the shape in the Perspective viewport.
Figure 2-50 The spline shape displayed in the Front viewport
Figure 2-51 The spline shape displayed in the Perspective viewport
2. Choose Create > Spline from the main menu; a cascading menu is displayed. Choose
Circle from it; Circle is added to the Object Manager.
3. Make sure the Object button is chosen in the Attribute Manager and then enter 0.3 in the
Radius spinner.