Bending a cylinder

[hsvfan]

Hi all,
What is the best way to put a couple of sharp bends in  a cylinder and still keep the cylinder symmetrical .
I am using gmax to make an  aircraft control stick. I have tried a couple of ways But the cylinder starts to flatten out when I start to bend the cylinder to much.  

cheers

Rhys

[FSEdge]

When you say sharp bend, are you talking 90 degrees or sharper?

FSEdge

[hsvfan]

Hi FSEdge,
I want to put  a 90 degree bend on the cylinder and know the best way to also do sharper bends

[Stratobat]

I'm an extreme newbie when it comes to Gmax, but have you tried the Bend Modifier and the Select & Rotate tools?

Regards,
Stratobat

[hsvfan]

Hi Stratobat,
I have tried the bend modifier but when I selected the part of the cylinder I wanted to bend, if I bent it to far it would lose its symmetrical shape and start to flatten out. It also did the same thing when I went to select.

cheers

Rhys

[FSEdge]

If you want to go for the sharp Right Angle 90-degree bend, select the polygons where you want the bend to occur. Use the Slice tool set on a 45-degree angle and slice. Detach half of the cylinder to element and rotate as needed to align the two halves back again and weld the vertices.

If you want a 90-degree elbow use the Bend modifier. The image above show a bend set to 90 degrees on all of the green objects. The numbers of segments will determine how well the bend is produced.

FSEdge

[hsvfan]

Thanks FSEdge ,thats just what I was after

Cheers

[FSEdge]

Your welcome!!

FSEdge

[Stratobat]

Learnt something new, thanks Edge

Regards,
Stratobat

[Brett_Henderson]

If you really take the time to come at a problem from all the angles (no pun intended)..  for freeware, Gmax is an incredibly powerful design tool. I can't get bored with it. And like this thread... sharing and learning tricks and techniques is half the fun.