90 degree Pipe

[relativity]

I'm trying to make a simple pipe (cylinder) with a 90 degree angle. I've tried biral and extrusion but I can't seem to get a very good corner. What's the best way to go about doing this?

[ozz-2005]

the way i do it is loft...( the only way i could think of doing it though there should be an easier/ better way. )
take the circle that youll use for the pipe...offset the pivot a little...copy the circle...rotate it to a 45 degree angle...then copy that...and rotate another 45 degrees.....
and now loft.once that done you might want to delete history..and just keep the final object..

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[jerry-hnk]

if you want a sharp 90 degree angle at the pipe, use break tangent (or something like that.........)

[tinus]

or maybe a cylinder with enough spans with a bend deformer with desired angle... make sure that the cylinder is longer than the deformer ( play with low and high bound settings)

[relativity]

Hmm.. I tried the loft. It worked out ok, but it was still kind of wavy. I'm going for a very solid hard-surface look.

I also tried using a lattice deformer. That came a little closer... but it still seems as though there might be a better way, or maybe I'm just being too picky.

Someone mentioned a break tangent... I looked it up and help and really didn't understand what that had to do with anything.

Well... any other ideas? and thanks for the help.

[pbuckley]

The bend deformer as already mentioned is about as simple as it gets.

[relativity]

I found a simpler and more exact way than the deformer. Simply make a torus with the end sweep set to 90 degrees. Then duplicate the end isoparms and move them out and loft. voila. Perfect 90 degree pipe in about 2 minutes.

Thanks for the help everyone. The solutions may come in handy another time.

-a

[jtk77]

post this up in the Maya FAQ

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