Attached Link: http://www.chez.com/litst/eng/tut-thread/thread.htm

I was going to send in the final master for the CD. Can I put this tutorial on it! -Kix

Yeah, sure :) You can include the label tutorial too . You will have to tweak it a bit, though ... Is it a problem ? I can do it for you if you want . litst

Attached Link: http://home.adelphia.net/~peabody/Carrara/Threads.html

Hey Peabody, this is much better than our old technique ! Wish i'd thought of that, it's so cool :) I'll link to your page if you're okay .

Shouldn't be a problem for to snag it. Peabody, are you up for a CD submission? If you are, click on the link in the banner to send me a release email. Thanks, -Kix

I'm curious: Is there a noticable difference in file size between the two techniques?

Oh man! I'm sitting here slapping my head thinking, "Duh, how obvious was that!?" Nice work Peabody. Litst, I kept misplacing the "untwist" formula that was discussed many threads back. Thanks for the Tut! Mark

Being new to this game I have no idea why they would be irregular. Do you mean irregular in the spacing of the threads? Maybe when I have some idea what I am doing I will know....LOL. Kix, thank you for asking, I have sent the email. I cleaned it up a little and made a zip file for you but it was a "rush job" so it isn't real fancy. Feel free to make any changes you want to it. Also, litst, I have no problem with you linking to my page. I'll just have to remember not to delete it. :) Peabody

Terri, i haven't checked, but i don't think there's any big difference between the file sizes . In the two cases, it's just a spline object with a spiral extrusion and two sections . Mark, the reason i've made this tutorial was because someone asked me how to do and i was lazy to dig into the archives here ;) Peabody, don't you see the little flaw that does like some kind of zig-zag ? Well, it's probably because it's not obvious :) . Again, great technique and thanks for sharing !

Hum, when i say "some kind of zig-zag", it's one zig and one zag . Just to make things clear ... Yeah i know i'm picky ! ;)

Litst, Now I see what you are talking about. I didn't see that before. Well, these were just cheap bolts...not the expensive ones...lol. 'Picky' is what makes your work so good! Peabody

I can see the zig-zag, but maybe if you change the spline model to vertex model with 500% value, they would both look the same - very smooth.

If you make it a triangle instead of a diamond, that would get rid of some of the facets from the invisible interior, for a lighter poly model, right? I also tried a triangle with the bottom open, but that seems to get twisted. hm. Markd

Ok...the threads are easy to me, but what I want to do is via the spline modeler, make the bolt completely (threads, bare length and tip), but I can't get the cross-sections to order right, I change the number order and can't get it to work. Not an expert in the spline modeler, still learning it so any help would be appreciated. Found thus far its a good modeler. An image would help. Brian

Does anyone have a new link for or a copy of Peabody's tutorial?  The old link is dead.  Thanks.

This tutorial was put onto the Carrara Raydream CD.  I still have it.

I will see if I can post it to the tutorials section.

I will review the release information I have to see if I can post it.  I'm pretty sure I can.

Thanks kix.  If you can't post it please identify the CD.    I just took a quick look in one of my boxes of CDs and didn't find one for Carrara, but my storage habits aren't consistent.  I also see I have installation files going back to Carrara 4 on my PC, so it might be there somewhere.

I basically rebuilt this tutorial and posted it.  As soon as it's approved, it will be available.

It's been approved and is available in the renderosity tutorials.

Go and thread your heart out!

Thanks, kix.

Thank you, Kix!

Check this out:

http://www.sparrowhawke3d.com/Laboratory/BoltPrimitiveAlpha.html

Thanks again, Jeremy!