In the next steps, you’ll
create several copies of the previously created circles (also called curves)
to form the skeletal contours of the salt shaker’s surface.
To duplicate curves for the lofted surface
- Right-click the outer curve and choose Select from
the marking menu.
- Select
Edit > Duplicate Special > . In
the options window, select Edit > Reset Settings,
enter the following values, then click Duplicate Special:
- Translate: 0 3 0
- Scale: 0.93
1 0.93
- Number of Copies:
4
This creates four copies
of the original curve, each translated three units above the last,
and each scaled smaller than the last.
- Select the inner circle and then move
it to 0, 13, 0 by entering these translate values in the Channel
Box. Increase its Scale attributes
to 1.33, 1.33, 1.33..
- Use
Edit > Duplicate Special > with
the following options:
- Translate:
0 2 0
- Scale: 1.05
1 1.05
- Number of Copies:
3
This creates three copies
of the circle, each translated two units above the last, and each
bigger than the last.