You know the classic spin tool in all 3d programs. ( to make chess-like models )
In current blender 2.49b is not a modifier.
It would rock if it became a modifier in 2.5
what do you think ?
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Agreed. It should absolutely be some kind of modifier. Itās ridiculous to have such a basic tool available only as a tool that gets applied once and canāt be modified later.
Iām also looking for spin modifier long time 
The only one way how to make editable āspinā is array modifier controll by empty.
Insert Mesh as profile > In edit mode Extrude and Rotate from Origin like 5Ā° to get segment > Insert Empty > Setup Array Modifier for Mesh āProfileā use Empty for offset > rotate Empty 5Ā° > mounth of array copies will spin.
Who wants to do this?
Example: spin.blend
Itās a mesh object. You can spin with two Bezier Curves that is not easier. And get specific degree is much harder.
Second that!
Yeah right.
I think someone actually developed a patch for a spin modifier a long time ago (actually called lathe modifier), but it never made it into Blender, itās out of date now as itās for 2.4x.
it could fit into the simple deform modifier.
Oh well, actually it doesnāt deform but ābuildā geometry so, it should be under the first column. But just like the āsimple deformā one, this new āsimple buildā modifier could host spin, extrude andā¦ i canāt think of more now.
ā¦so then, the array modifier could be revisited to become a more evoluted ācreate instancesā tool.
ā¦and my financies could raise up to the skiesā¦ and i could instantly become 10 years youngerā¦ andā¦ (stop me!)
+1 for a spin modifier.
+1 - Spin, Spin Dup and Screw should all be removed from that strange little panel that no new users will ever find and put into the modifiers where they can be found and used properly by both old and new users.
better yet, make them one modifier, and say the different functions in the tooltip
basically, you have degrees, steps, a check box to connect or not, and a z-offset.
much more flexible 
A spin modifierā¦now thereās a good idea!
+1
We could have a modifier modifier!
actually, thatās a good idea-- a modifier that uses modifier groups/presets
so you can add the same 5 modifiers to multiple objects, easily.
With the option to have the spin modifier working on vertex groups we could have something like the tesselate script (do you remember that nice script?). And what if I would add particles to those vertex groups? Nice, really hope that this spin modifier idea will become true!
Now that the array modifier has a merge option, you can just use that with a rotated offset. On the other hand, you have to make your āsliceā just the right angle so that no overlap will occur, whereas with a spin modifier you would only have to model the cross-section without the use of faces. So I support this.
Modifier nodes!
+1 for the spin modifier !
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Very good idea! Yesā¦ but with a neat UI, ok? Cursors to slide values in a nice column :yes:
Also with some āreal timeā visible effects in the 3D viewsā¦ Oh! What a dream! :eyebrowlift:
Could this Array Modifier get some physics, like collision detection (or is it allready in) ?
Of course their is a SPIN TOOL in 2.5 when you edit a mesh and bring up the T panel ( press T to toggle ), but maybe this is not what you guys are talking of?
Aidan