mark could you help help i am creating a table top cover..see pic and i need to finish the top part i am using the metod you showed me when i was trying to creat a roller door with ripples (creating a profile in Adobe Illustrator) My qusetion is how do i fill in the top layer i am very new to illustrator..) thanks epsilon

Sorry, don't intend to answer for Mark but Iguana has a very nice tut on this at: http://web.idirect.com/~gig/tutor1.htm

thanks... epi

i still can not make heads or tails of that tutorial i am a newbie to carrara can some one explain it a little better i feal a little stupid but the tutorial still deoes not help..though it should be easy epsilon

You need to start with the cross sections, at least 2. For the first one (top) just make an oblong square with rounded corners. The add a cross-section for the bottom, you will have an extrusion now of you square. Now highlight the bottom cross section & delete it, then import your Illustrator shape to that section. Change this CS to "open" (not fill "cross sections"). This item is easier to just draw your shape directly on the CS for the bottom but if you need a specific shape the imported file is better. Now, back to painting for me.

thanks it worked out well Change this CS to "open" (not fill "cross sections"). was the part i was missing.. me not so stupid anymore epsilon