Graphics Programs Reference
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The wagon's body is finished. You can insert the handlebar into the side panels.
Inserting the Handlebar
The handlebar is a pretty easy affair to create. It's a simple cylinder that its in the holes
at the top of the side panels. However, each end has a bolt that holds the bar in place.
Although you don't have to be completely accurate and create a washer and bolt, it's nice
to add the detail of a bolt at either end of the handlebar.
Making the Handlebar
To begin the handlebar, follow along here:
1. Create a poly cylinder with Axis Divisions of 24, Height Divisions of 2, and Cap
Divisions of 1.
2. Scale, rotate, and position the cylinder to fit between the side panels, fitting into the
holes. For the best effect, make sure the cylinder is a little smaller than the holes.
Figure 6.81 shows the handlebar in place.
3. Make sure the ends of the handlebar are about halfway through the holes to make
room for the bolts. Name the cylinder handlebar .
Figure 6.81
Place the cylinder.
Making the Bolts
Now, you'll make a bolt for the handlebar in these continuing steps:
1. Create a poly cylinder with the following options: Axis Divisions = 6, Height Divi-
sions = 1, Cap Divisions = 2, and Axis = X. (See Figure 6.82.)
2. Select the inner faces of the cap facing forward, as shown in Figure 6.83, and move
them back into the cylinder to create a depression.
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