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chinese_lover

12-19-2004, 10:07 PM

ok the parametric deformers bend tool is not bending right on somethings for me,i have got 4 image links here,to show you what i mean,on the 1st image i took a ton of cylinders and made them into this thing im making for a gun and all,when i bend them the cylinders stay flat but the things around them bend anyways,ok last picture shows i know how to bend normal using a object,i just took a simple cylinder and it worked fine,why wont the set of cylinders bend right,i attached them and everything,is there like a setting to fix this,please some one help me?Thanks,Chris^_^

http://img96.exs.cx/img96/5566/bendbefore12mt.jpg
http://img96.exs.cx/img96/5384/bendafter15oq.jpg
http://img96.exs.cx/img96/2074/beforebend34qm.jpg
http://img96.exs.cx/img96/4392/afterbend43vk.jpg

Rivendale

12-19-2004, 10:23 PM

Hi chinese_lover, use the "ResetXform" utility in the utility panel to reset the transform of the object, then try again.:)

CML

chinese_lover

12-21-2004, 04:55 AM

Thanks for the help,my bad,here is what the finished gun looks like,let me know what you think?Thanks,Chris^_^
http://img143.exs.cx/img143/318/gun15nz.jpg (http://img143.exs.cx/img143/318/gun15nz.jpg)

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