Thicker Cylinders?

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Hi Group,

I am a total noob using Blender (my second day) and this is my first post :slight_smile:

Here’s what I am trying to do:

  • I need a ultra smooth cylinder that is open at both ends.
  • It needs to be thick, like a metal bolt.
  • Both ends of the cylinder need to have a clean straight cut (not smoothed or beveled)

I hope this makes sense!

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Jeremy

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How can a cylinder be open at the ends but like a bolt which is basically a solid cylinder?
Do you want a solid cylinder or a open ender cylinder with the walls having a thickness

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Hey Richard…My apologies, I meant a metal NUT, not a metal bolt :slight_smile:

I need an open cylinder (that is super smooth) with thicker walls.

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Is this what you want?
http://www.screencast.com/users/blenderwho/folders/Jing/media/7236f696-a0c9-4087-8059-017155770047
The edge split modifier gives the sharp edges and the optional subsurf modifier gives the higher resolution mesh to give a very smooth look.

Richard

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Beautiful! Thank you for that video, its exactly what I needed!

Cheers,
Jeremy

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No problem.

Richard

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Nice, I have never used the edge split. I wondered how you could keep things sharp and smooth. Thanks for sharing!