Shinichiro Nishiya's Metasequoia LE Tutorials

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Making a canopy

We are going to make a canopy from a ball.
get a ball.  Primitive > ball
Change to "Move".
Rotate it by x-rotate button.

Enclose the half (lower part) of it, and delete it. Selected > Delete

     

Make it longer by z-expand-redact button.
And slide the end.

Arrange the side shape to change each frame using  y-expand-redact button, y-slide button, and z-slide button.

           

Change to the view from the top.
Make it narrower by x-expand-redact button.
Arrange the shape by selecting and arranging each frame.

     

Cut it at this point to get a canopy frame.
Change to "Move"
Selected > set materials to faces.

   

This is used in my basic plane SK1.
You can get it at "Making a oval shaped wing plane"


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