Lofting crown molding in 3ds max 6

[Vincenzo Crupi]

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone could prost something about lofting crown moldings in 3ds max 6.... I created a cross-section slpine of the molding, but when I go to loft in along a path, I get these weird results. It looks as if 3ds max is always lofting the slpine the wrong way...reversed....i'm stumped on this one.

Please help ASAP!

Thanks

I have some screenshots...but not sure how to upload them.

[Jordan Marton]

...i would like to see some screen shots, just post a reply, scroll down to Manage Attachments button, click on it, and upload your image.

but for now, another way that may be easier is to simply create the crown moulding by attatching spline to spline, create a cross-section, then simply add a surface to it from the modifier list.... hope this helps u

[Rommel Brigaudit]

go to skin parameters after lofting the spline then click twist.

[Vincenzo Crupi]

here it is....

[Vincenzo Crupi]

...i need the crown molding going around a corner of a wall, but it lofts the spline the other way.

[Jeff Lewis]

VCRUPI,

There may be other ways to do this, but here is my solution. you will have to ReDraw your crown molding in the opposite direction. this should not take very long since you can simply trace over your other spline. Max is lofting based on whether you drew the spline in the clockwise or counter-clockwise direction. mirroring the spline won't work. Twist might work, I have never tried that. if twist doesn't work, redrawing the spline in the opposite direction will.

[Vincenzo Crupi]

...it worked!! I redrew the spline and the lofting worked correctly.

Thanks for the prompt response of everyone!
Wow....I'm really impressed!....this site is awesome and so r its members!

[Danny Verbauwen]

You can also try it this way. If you click on the plus sign in front of "loft" under "modifier list" you will see the words "shape" and "path". Click on "shape" and then in the perspective viewport you will be able to select the shape IN your loft, then in this case, turn it 180 degrees in the z-axis.

[Juan Carlos Rosalejos]

Hehe, this problem used to drive me nuts...

...you only had to edit the path spline at the vertex level and click
"Make First" the vertex at the other end of the spline.

[Super Dave Osborne]

Just thought I'd add this,

You can also hold "ctrl" while selcting your crown molding profile to flip it's direction if it's lofting the wrong way. Way better then redrawing your profile in the opposite direction in my opinion. I learned that one from Ted B.