Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
FIGURE 20.41
Drawing the circles
for the tubes
Draw a circle here and
make 15 copies for
a total of 16 circles.
Now you're ready to form the tubes:
1.
Click and hold the Revolve flyout from the Tool Sets palette and release the cursor over
the Sweep tool (Figure 20.42). You can also Choose Draw
3D Modeling
Sweep on the
menu bar or enter
SWEEP
↵ at the Command prompt.
FIGURE 20.42
The Sweep tool in
the Revolve flyout
of the Tool Sets
palette
Revolve
2.
At the Select objects to sweep or [MOde]: prompt, click one of the circles you just
created. It doesn't matter which circle you use because they're identical. Press ↵ when
you're finished.
3.
At the Select sweep path or [Alignment/Base point/Scale/Twist]: prompt, select
one of the lines or fillet arcs that make up the legs.
4.
Press ↵ to repeat the Sweep command, and then repeat steps 2 and 3 for each part of the
leg segments, including the fillet arcs.
5.
Continue with step 4 until all the lines and arcs in the legs have been converted into tubes.
