Patience seems to be key. Still I look for an easier way. The bezier
cylinder I made is 4 sheets, 12 patches. Although I didn't try the rotate or
local.  I wonder if there are any rendered examples on the web I could
compare mine with?

Anyhow, this work in progress (and others) is linked here.
http://www.cornillot.com/graphics.htm

Charles Fusner wrote in message <38C5A751.2CC972DB@enter.net>...
>dcc wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to make a S curve cylinder with a bezier patch. It is not
smooth
>> or easy to manipulate. I also tried in spatch without much success. Any
>> suggestions?
>
>Takes a good deal of patience, but here are some tips that will at
>least make it possible (if not actually easy)
>1.) When you create your bezier cylinder, make sure to make it at
>least 3 or 4 cylinders high... 1 or 2 cylinders high and you won't
>have enough control points to work with, bearing in mind that a
>multipatch creation has some controls points (where the patches
>meet) which can't be independantly moved by the user -- otherwise
>the patches wouldn't come together), so you need to use more
>patches to get more controls points you can work with. And...
>2.) Experiment with the various point manipulation modes. The
>default is "translate", but this can be very hard to "bend" points
>together just right. You may experience more luck with "rotate"
>mode, and especially try "rotate" and "local" together (which
>rotates selected points around each other instead of the origin).
>By fiddling with these various transform modes, you eventually
>obtain better control of your point manipulation. And lastly...
>3.) When you're through experimenting and ready to try "for real"
>do a File | Save after each successful move... alas there is no
>Undo for bezier patch manipulation, so File | Save is the clunky
>but better-than-nothing "poor man's Undo". <g>
>
>Charles

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