Ok, made a few mini tuts for your questions Fran. Heres how i did the first shape: 1. From Objects, select Primitive and Tube. Rotate it so it faces the cam and in the Objects attributes menu, set Rotation segments to around 60 for a smooth curve. Then go to Structure > Make editable. 2. Now were going to delete and move some points. Switch to front view, then go to Tools > Select Points and Rectangle selection. In the Active tool box, uncheck "Only select visible elements" 3. Select the bottom points, and pull down to desired height. 4. Switch to side view > Rectangle selection, and select all the points on the back side. 5. Use the scale button and pull to the right to increase the size of the back. 6. Switch to side view again, and select the bottom points and pull up. Here i also made a copy, decreased its size slighly and placed it inside the first part. I also moved the bottom points to match the first one. With narrowing down the objects, The rail for the walkway was made in several different pieces. So instead of having, lets say 200 different objects, you make everything editable, select all the pieces you want to make into one single one, and in the Objects window to the right, select Connect. This will create a new single copy of all the 200 objects. The unconnected objects are still there as well though, so if you want to keep them, (in case you change your mind)simply select all of them again, group them and hide the group. Now you only have the connected copy visible and a scene with less objects to handle. :) Ill put together a short tut for the cables as well, so stay tuned. :)

Rudolf Herczog
Digital Artist
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