I can’t get wings to bend. No matter what I do, “it just says midpoint of selection saved.”
Can someone give me a step by step instructions for normal and clamped bends?
Bending
RUSirius
#2
If you haven’t seen these yet it’s a good place to learn:
His bending tutorial is the one that helped me.
UMG
#3
Thanks, but it didn’t really help.
No matter how many vertices I click, dragging never causes any transformation in my primitive.
All I can accomplish is “midpoint of selection saved.”
puzzledpaul
#4
Going to start with LMB Plastic bend as it’s prob. the most straightforward.
<< Thanks, but it didn’t really help … >>
Did you follow the steps exactly as in the tut strip?
Getting the ‘midpoint of selection saved’ message indicates you’re probably trying to define the important points (Rod Centre / Top and Bend Normal) by selecting more elements than necessary.
As mentioned in the strip, single verts will do just fine - get more ‘creative’ when you’re used to the tool.
Reading (and acting upon) the contents of the main info line is absolutely essential (imo) - I’m assuming you’re doing this? (eg RMB would accept the selection (no matter how right / wrong) and progress the tool onto the next stage.
If you’re still stuck, I’d like to see a detailed ‘step by step’ - of precisely what you’ve been trying to do, before offering any further advice / comments 
pp
UMG
#5
Well, my main problem is that I don’t understand the stages (as well as the prerequisites for the stages) and the overal requirements for the tool to do it’s job. All you need is a single point, right? You can just select your point, right click, and when you drag, it will bend, right?
puzzledpaul
#6
<< All you need is a single point, right? You can just select your point, right click, and when you drag, it will bend, right? >>
No - Why do you think this is the case?
Have you actually read the brief pre-amble on the Bend page (before the strips) which talks about the terminology?
pp
UMG
#7
Well, becasue after I select that one point, wings doesn’t seem to have realized it. It won’t allow me to progress onto the next stage.
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