helix + follow me

Old forum thread with modeling techniques pre-dating the extruding plugins Follow Me and Keep and Eneroth Upright Extruder.

beleno l. zamyala

5/9/06

i am making a scheme design for my spiral stair, using flat bar for the railings.im using helix and follow me tool but i cant manipulate the flat bar to maintain horizontally in section all the way up.i attached files for this to understand my point.

pls help tanx...

spiral stair-flat bar railing.skp

catamountain

5/9/06

There are some ruby scripts that will help out.

squared handrail.skp


Edit: A companion approach on making a half-round handrail is at Follow Me -- Profile Twisting.

arail

5/10/06

Excellent tutorial catamountain!

beleno l. zamyala

5/24/06

it's easier right now when im making the spiral.and i can also apply it for many ways.thank you so much.cheers!