Incremental rotation thing

BumGravy · 07-19-2007, 03:45 PM

How do you do that thing where you make a cross section of a cylinder design, then "paste special" x copies with x rotation to complete the cylinder? For example, making one spoke of a wheel and then pasting it with x copies and rotation to make a complete wheel. My google skills have failed me, im sure there was a tutorial on the interwack for this.

GambiT · 07-19-2007, 05:01 PM

are you talking about "ctrl + m" to rotate an object?

Beetle · 07-19-2007, 05:06 PM

yea, ctrl+m, if you know how much of an angle it needs to be turned.

barronofhellion · 07-19-2007, 07:30 PM

er i think he is talking about making a array... afaik hammer can't , otherwise you have to do ^ and keep making coppies

fisheye · 07-20-2007, 12:46 PM

like barron said, hammer doesn't do arrays.

neither does it allow you to pick a center point to rotate objects around. instead, it rotates around the center of the object.

so, to make a wheel with 12 spokes (think clock numbers), the first spoke might be at 12. if you were to copy/rotate it by 30 degrees, then the original and the copy would have the same centers, and the copy would need to be manually positioned to point at 1 o'clock. next one would be the same etc.

if you were to copy/rotate the first one by 180 degrees, it would still need to be lined up with 6 o'clock, but the center of the 2 pieces (12, and 6), would be the exact center of the clock face. now select both pieces together, and any further copies will rotate on the center of the clockface.

barronofhellion · 07-20-2007, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by fisheye

like barron said, hammer doesn't do arrays.

neither does it allow you to pick a center point to rotate objects around.

well i think you can change where the center point is though, there is a little dot in the center of the selection , afaik when you drag that dot in the viewports it will off-center it -edit nm i thought it was doing it but it doesnt

**mervaka** · 07-22-2007, 11:58 AM

you can try making an archway with the angle set to 360 degrees, then using the add height thingy. that makes spiral starcases etc

BumGravy · 07-22-2007, 01:39 PM

I wanted to make a complicated "slice" and have it copied to make a cylinder with detailed sides. No biggie, not wanting to make anything specific just mess around, this would be a useful function tho.

GambiT · 07-23-2007, 11:18 AM

suggest it to valve as a feature to add. i dont have the link but i remember coming across a page where you could suggest new features.

07-19-2007, 03:45 PM	#1
BumGravy Black Cyclops Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Scotland Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Incremental rotation thing How do you do that thing where you make a cross section of a cylinder design, then "paste special" x copies with x rotation to complete the cylinder? For example, making one spoke of a wheel and then pasting it with x copies and rotation to make a complete wheel. My google skills have failed me, im sure there was a tutorial on the interwack for this.

07-19-2007, 05:01 PM	#2
GambiT Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Baton Rouge Class/Position: Spy Affiliations: -=DoM=- Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	are you talking about "ctrl + m" to rotate an object? __________________ -------------------------------FF_Rock2(WIP)------------------------------ ---------------------------FF_RedGiant(Released)------------------------- --------------------------FF_Fragzone_G(Released)------------------------ --------------------------FF_Civibash_G(Released)------------------------ -------------------FF_Conc_G1(WIP)-------------------- -------------------FF_Hollow_G(WIP)---------------------

07-22-2007, 11:58 AM	#7
mervaka A Very Sound Guy! Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 15 Times	you can try making an archway with the angle set to 360 degrees, then using the add height thingy. that makes spiral starcases etc __________________ Support FF:

07-23-2007, 11:18 AM	#9
GambiT Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Baton Rouge Class/Position: Spy Affiliations: -=DoM=- Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	suggest it to valve as a feature to add. i dont have the link but i remember coming across a page where you could suggest new features. __________________ -------------------------------FF_Rock2(WIP)------------------------------ ---------------------------FF_RedGiant(Released)------------------------- --------------------------FF_Fragzone_G(Released)------------------------ --------------------------FF_Civibash_G(Released)------------------------ -------------------FF_Conc_G1(WIP)-------------------- -------------------FF_Hollow_G(WIP)---------------------

07-19-2007, 05:06 PM	#3
Beetle Beta than eva' Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	yea, ctrl+m, if you know how much of an angle it needs to be turned.

07-19-2007, 07:30 PM	#4
barronofhellion Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	er i think he is talking about making a array... afaik hammer can't , otherwise you have to do ^ and keep making coppies

07-20-2007, 12:46 PM	#5
fisheye Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	like barron said, hammer doesn't do arrays. neither does it allow you to pick a center point to rotate objects around. instead, it rotates around the center of the object. so, to make a wheel with 12 spokes (think clock numbers), the first spoke might be at 12. if you were to copy/rotate it by 30 degrees, then the original and the copy would have the same centers, and the copy would need to be manually positioned to point at 1 o'clock. next one would be the same etc. if you were to copy/rotate the first one by 180 degrees, it would still need to be lined up with 6 o'clock, but the center of the 2 pieces (12, and 6), would be the exact center of the clock face. now select both pieces together, and any further copies will rotate on the center of the clockface.

07-22-2007, 01:39 PM	#8
BumGravy Black Cyclops Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Scotland Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I wanted to make a complicated "slice" and have it copied to make a cylinder with detailed sides. No biggie, not wanting to make anything specific just mess around, this would be a useful function tho.

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