How to create a conveyor band

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# 1 22-10-2012 , 06:34 PM

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Hi all,

Need to create a conveyor band (belt) but I really have no clue how I should bend the belt at the end. The result should be in polygon.

Any ideas from the professionals? :-)

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# 2 22-10-2012 , 06:48 PM

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Well what should the belt look like, is it one solid band or is it made of small panels?

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# 3 22-10-2012 , 07:14 PM

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Create a nurb circle with as meny section to make the path you need then snap a poly plane(shape of profile) to the start of the circle then extrude, then you hit extrude it might look like nothing has happen just go down the extrude and increase the divisions.....................dave

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# 4 22-10-2012 , 07:21 PM

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Hi Genny,

No no, a solid one for the very begin :-) But the belt will be animated in a game, that means, that the rounded part should be smooth.

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Thank you for your tip dave, but I really do not know how you mean that. Until now I have never worked with NURBS :-(

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# 5 22-10-2012 , 07:29 PM

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I just remember ctbram did a free tank tread tutorial have a look at that..............dave

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# 6 22-10-2012 , 09:35 PM

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Pretty sweet tut, definitely worth checking out.

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# 7 23-10-2012 , 09:04 AM

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The way I suggested does work but it did produces a laminate face witch was not hard to delete also a easy way to create a bangle type thing with the extrude twist turned up to 2880...........dave

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# 8 23-10-2012 , 11:23 AM

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Hi daverave,

I just remember ctbram did a free tank tread tutorial have a look at that..............dave

https://simplymaya.com/autodesk-maya-...=200&sub_cat=0

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Cbtram's tutorial is really a lucky strike!! Yeah exactly this helped me modeling my conveyor belt!

Thank you so much and of course also cbtram for his amazing tutorial.

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