Piece Pipe

[arnold foss]

Can someone tell me the easiest way to make a piece of pipe like this?

Thanks

Arnold

[arnold foss]

Can someone tell me the easiest way to make a piece of pipe like this?

Thanks

Arnold

[John Rayner]

sorry Fossman,

Had no steel pipe laying around, but I did have a piece of brass pipe. Will this do?

[John Rayner]

Here is the .xar. Only 3 pieces. the secret is in the shading, not the material... the outside is a linear fade. the front edge is a linear fade and the inside is a conical fade.

Anybody want to use the attached .xar and try for a Steel, cast iron, plastic, copper or glass pipe?

[gwpriester]

My effort. Plus a piece of copper pipe I had laying around from on old mini-tutorial.

Gary

[arnold foss]

Thank you John and Gary. I will take your example apart and give it a go.

Arnold

[zee]

...or you could use Xara3D.

[simsmj]

Here's mine.

Mike

[John Rayner]

cool... Now for the hard ones.. Cast iron and plastic... I think the cast iron would be the hardest to make look real...

[gwpriester]

My attempt. I used both a stone fill and a fractal plasma filled shape with Brightness transparency to suggest the cast iron texture.

Gary