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This creates four copies of the original curve, each translated three units
above the last, and each scaled smaller than the last.
3 Select the inner circle and then move it to 0, 13, 0 by entering these
translate values in the Channel Box. Increase its Scale attributes to 1.33,
1.33, 1.33..
4 Use Edit > Duplicate Special > with the following options:
Translate: 0 2 0
Scale: 1.05 1 1.05
Number of Copies: 3
This creates three copies of the circle, each translated two units above
the last, and each bigger than the last.
Lofting a surface
Youve created a total of nine curves. In the next steps, you loft these curves
into a surface that matches the contours of their perimeters. Above the
midpoint of the surface, the shape will change from a flower-shaped perimeter
to a circular perimeter.
To loft a surface for the salt shakers body
1 Starting from the bottom circle, and working towards the top, shift-select
all the circles, one at a time.
The order of selection is important when shift-selecting for a loft
operation. You must start with the bottom flower-shaped circle and end
with the top circular-shaped circle. Alternatively, you can drag a selection
box around the circles. The surface to be lofted will be based on the
selection order of the curves.
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