Prim twists
An overview of some of the shapes possible with prims. More to follow.
Equal sided pentangle
- Prim shape: Box (aka Cube)
- Size: 1.233 - 0.924 - 0.1
- If you want a different size, change x and y size proportionally. z size can be anything, it sets the thickness of the shape, not the shape.
- Path Cut: 0.426 - 0.574
- Hollow: 67
- Hollow Shape: Triangle
- Twist: 45 - 45
Leaf
- Prim shape: Torus
- Size: 0.25 - 0.5 - 0.5
- Path Cut: 0.75 - 1.0
- Hollow: 95
- Hole size: 1.0 - 0.25
- Taper: 1.0 - 1.0
- Variants:
- Just play around with the settings and see what happens. ^_^
Rounded cone
- Prim shape: Torus
- Twist: 45 - 45
- Variants:
- This is the basis for an incredible number and vairety of useful shapes. Keep the two Twist values identical and just go wild with the settings!
Amphora
- Prim shape: Torus
- Size: 1.0 - 0.4 - 0.4
- Rotation: 0.0 - 270.0 - 0.0
- Hollow: 95
- Twist: 14 - 14
- Profile Cut: 0.48 - 1.0
- Comments:
- One of the many variants of the rounded cone.
More shapes
Ayumi Cassini's Ultimate guide to prim twisting has a silghtly misleading name - it's certainly not ultimate - but it is a very good introduction with isntructions how to make many useful shapes. Highly recommended!
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