Problem with skinning (joining nurbs surface profiles)

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I’m having some difficulty with skinning as written in the Blender documentation.

http://www.blender3d.org/documentation/htmlI/x4135.html

First off, it says to make them surface curves, and I’m pretty sure I did it correctly (space bar, add->surface->NURBS curve), but when you view the curve, it has the similar control points as in add->curve->NURBS curve yet there is no visible curve!

I do see a curve when I add->curve->NURBS curve however. Also, I was able to create multiple profiles and join them, and then hit f to skin them, but in object mode there is nothing visible to define the object except a point, (edit mode there are the visible control points and the two curves are properly joined and skinned). Also, the surface is invisible when rendered.

Anything I’m messing up, like how I can’t see the curve, but just the control points, or how come it isn’t rendering?

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Yes, they must be Surface >> Nurbs Curves. They must also ALL have EXACTLY the same number of CV’s (control verts). Then, when you have them all shaped select them all and join them with Ctrl-J. Then, in Edit Mode, hit F to skin them.

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Thanks for replying with the verification. After being sure of that I was able to do it properly. One of my problems was that in edit mode I was using viewport shading as solid and not wireframe! Hate things like that that slip my mind. Thanks again.