Radial Copy Question

[JKEdmo]

Good afternoon,

 

I'm building a curved pergola and want to distribute some purlins radially across the top of the shaped / curved beam below:

 

 

Is a radial copy even possible with Chief?  If so, could someone point me towards a video or forum thread that explains the process please?  I had trouble finding this.

 

Thanks again,

 

Jim

 

[JiAngelo]

Jim,

 

Place a point at your radius center.

Select the object you wish to copy, choose "About current point", select # of copies, and specify an angle, 

If you don't like the results, CNTRL Z and repeat, choose a different +/- radius to get the spacing right and number of copies needed.  You can start from one side, but I generally start in the middle then mirror the results when I get the angle set to spacing it how I want.

 

Hope this helps.

[JKEdmo]

4 hours ago, JiAngelo said:

Jim,

 

Place a point at your radius center.

Select the object you wish to copy, choose "About current point", select # of copies, and specify an angle, 

If you don't like the results, CNTRL Z and repeat, choose a different +/- radius to get the spacing right and number of copies needed.  You can start from one side, but I generally start in the middle then mirror the results when I get the angle set to spacing it how I want.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Thanks John for your reply.  I'll give it a try!

[Renerabbitt]

7 hours ago, JKEdmo said:

 

Thanks John for your reply.  I'll give it a try!

You can also use multiple copy with this checked:

which requires a point

[JKEdmo]

1 hour ago, Renerabbitt said:

You can also use multiple copy with this checked:

which requires a point

 

Thank you.  Got it to work!