chain link fence
 

he im trying to make a chain link fence like this
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i know i could use a transparency map but i need a close up of it
so i thought o using curves an extruding but i cant get then to interlink properly

ne suggestions??

thx
pbman

well how does yours look when interlinked, or can you just not do it?

after reading this post i played around and was able to do it... (keep in mind i'm jumping between viewports so pay attention and keep up! :P)

using the ep curve tool (and snap to grid) i drew points like so..
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l3...inkepcurve.jpg

then, i selected all the points at the top (the sets of three) and scaled them in the z until they were even (so i scaled til the z wouldn't move anymore). then, i selected diagonal sets like this
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l3...selectdiag.jpg

and moved them about .1 away from the rest of the line in the y axis like this
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l3...rtsmoveupy.jpg


i did the same with the opposite sloping diagonal sets, but in the opposite direction, so the curve looks like this
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l3...smovedowny.jpg

now with the new sets of diagonals in the top viewport i selected the diagonal sets one at a time like so
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l3...iagsselect.jpg

and scaled them in the x axis so they look like this
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l3...gscaledone.jpg

repeat on every set of diagonals you see and you'll end up with a front view of
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l3...ertsscaled.jpg

and a top view of
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l3...pviewverts.jpg

from here, i re-entered object mode and scaled the curve to look how i wanted, created a nurbs circle and extruded it along the path with tube, at path, component, and profile normal for the first four options (oh and i re-aligned my circle to somewhat match the entry point of the curve)

after extruding, i got my wire. i deleted the history on the wire and duplicated it, rotating the duplicate 180 degrees and then moving it so it matched up with the original... after duplicating it a few more times (and rotating when needed) i ended up with this...
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l3...linkresult.jpg

i hope it's what you were after.

dude that is exactly it!!!

thx will try it as soon as i can

wen i done it they just colided with eachother wen they should an looked wrong

thx man:attn: :attn: :attn: :beer: :beer: :bow: :bow: