Bringing the outter edge of a cylinder, in.

[Tim Flynn]

I've come a long way since I first began to actually build stuff in Second Life...3 days ago.

But i'm stuck on this particular issue.  I'm sure there will be more puzzles to come, but can anyone shed any light on this one?



For this particular object, I am trying to take the outter, right side and bring it in to the inner, left side so that it makes almost a curved railing for a particular skyway road I am constructing.

Any ideas?

[Kwakkelde Kwak]

If you mean one end of the path needs to be narrower than the other, a cylinder won't do that.

Try a tube instead and skew it.

[Tim Flynn]

Copy.  BTW, I typed it wrong.  This is a tube, not a cylinder.

[Rolig Loon]

I'm not sure I have the right picture in my head, but it sounds to me as if all you need to do is increase the hole size and decrease the overall dimensions (X-Y) of your prim.  That should leave you with a prim that has a curve but is very skinny .... like a fence.  Unfortunately, it won't have a uniform thickness unless X and Y are nearly the same, but maybe no one will notice.

[Tim Flynn]

Thanks for the tip.  Unfortunately, I can't increase the hole size.  The image you see above is the "roadway" and I am using a cutout to make a fence, so it has to match nearly perfect.  with the road as it curves, if you know what I mean.

[Drongle McMahon]

I think Rolig means something like this. All three are at exactly the same location. Outer wall uses profile cut and hollow to make it narroe enough. That gives it a slanted base that is hidden in the ground. The dimensions need some adjustment for perfect fit.

ETA - improved parameters for outer wall.

[Tim Flynn]

Woah, that's a great image!  Thank you.  That is exactly what I am looking for.  

I am building a long "skyway" for a future hi-tech city, and this will help out.  Hi Tech cities look better in curves and cylinders than they do in sharp blocks, I think.

[Rolig Loon]

That's exactly what I had in mind, Drongle.  In fact, I have often used a much simpler approach myself.  I ignore the street or pathway altogether and focus on the walls.  This is a part of my garden.

I bury a large textured prim under a thin layer of turf, place the walls that I've made (folllowing the method you illustrated), and then just strip away the turf between the walls.  That leaves the buried prim exposed there and nowhere else, with the walls to tidy up the edges.

[Tim Flynn]

Beautiful garden.  Thanks for the tips everyone.  Off to the sandbox.