eshutt Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 I am trying to use the Revolve Object to rotate a cylinder or circular face 90 degrees to make an elbow for piping. It works for any other shape except for circles. Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution TeaTime Posted November 30, 2022 Solution Share Posted November 30, 2022 Revolve Object is an interesting tool. The key thing is that it operates off the Selected Edge, and circles don't really have one, or, maybe more correctly they ONLY have one, so they're ... finicky. Try drawing a Circle in an Elevation View, then using the Convert Curve To Polyline tool to break the circle into a series of smaller edges. Then convert to a 3D Solid. This allows a specific edge to be selected in order to revolve around. I added +1 to the Rotate About X axis in this example to get a nice outward curve (rotating a full 90 at that exact edge tends to allow surfaces to merge and, well it's not a very realistic bend anyway.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 It might be easier to use a Molding Polyline with a circular molding. Very easy to resize, stretch, change shape, etc. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eshutt Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 Tea Time, thanks for the solution! This thought came to me last night while I was on my thinking chair. I have done this by also drawing a regular polygon with many sides, converting that to either a face or solid and then using the rotate tool. Thanks for your insights on this!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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