topic Re: Gooseneck cable in 3ds Max Modeling Forum

Gooseneck cable

2004834CJGS — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 22:18:09 GMT

Hey, anyone could help me with inserting ''gooseneck pipe' or 'gooseneck cable' pattern onto pipe? I created shape like cable and converted to editable poly. The best result could be 3D or something like that (I would rather not use any textures) [black cable is what I need and blue 3D model is my current state]

Thanks for any help!

Re: Gooseneck cable

BenBisares — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 03:41:31 GMT

I would do the following

Model one section of the cable
Create a spline shape that represents your cable
Use the Spacing Tool to complete the final result

Make sure that you enable "Follow" so that the cable sections flow with the spline

Re: Gooseneck cable

2004834CJGS — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:31:13 GMT

Thanks, but the cable is 3-dimensional, it seems it works for your cable which is only located in xy plane. The cable I need to use uses every direction and this Tool seems not working for the result I need. Let's say I need something like this:

Re: Gooseneck cable

2004834CJGS — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:48:58 GMT

It seems it's working, I had to rotate the object, thanks for help! 🙂

Re: Gooseneck cable

BenBisares — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 01:57:16 GMT

After creating the initial spline you can move the individual vertices to wherever you want to make it exactly what you need 😉