Thomas de Groot wrote:


> I think now that an easier workflow would be to slice a pie section from a 
> featureless shaft, exactly covering one flute width and twice the half rib 
> widths; to craft the flute and finally to apply a rotational sweep to 
> restore the complete shaft.
>

Thanks for that.  Probably how I will proceed.



> 
>>>If you want to follow the classical rules, number and form of the flutes 
>>>are fixed, but that is another discussion entirely.
>>
>>I would be intereseted if you have any references.  Right now I am using 
>>18 flutes, so a 20 degree rotation.
> 
> 24 seems to have been the general use in antiquity, at least in the 
> classical period. However, older columns could have up to 48 flutes. Ribs 
> were sharp during the Doric Order period, but flat (with deeper flutes) 
> later.
> 
>>

Interesting.  I have been making counts of visible flutes on coluns here 
and there, (including the new MMA classical wing,) then doubling the 
number, but it never seems quite that many.  I will have to pay closer 
attention.

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