Topas Try Me's: Desk Lamp (Continued again and again)

MODIFY -- HIDE ALL

• No need to hide the lights as well.

6. The caps and legs of the lamp are a quick couple steps.

The top portion of the cap

• BUILD -- SIMPLE -- CIRCLE
  • Radius of 2.5"

• BUILD -- COMPLEX -- EXTRUDE
  • 3" at 90 degrees.

The bottom portion of the cap

• BUILD -- SIMPLE -- CIRCLE
  • 1.875" Radius

  BUILD -- COMPLEX -- EXTRUDE

  • 1" at 90 degrees

MODIFY -- ROTATE (Ctrl - F10)

• Both pieces of the cap on the X axis at 90 degrees.

To make the ends not so harshly square, and match the example picture just takes another step.

BUILD -- COMPLEX -- BEVEL POLYGON

• Select the bottom circle of one of the cap pieces.
• On the Preset menu select the third option on the top row.
• • .5"

Repeat this with the other cap piece.

Now we need to match these up and group them for easier handling.

MODIFY -- MATCH

• Select on piece then the other
• Object center to Object center

MODIFY -- MOVE (Ctrl - F8)

• Hold the shift key and move the smaller portion until the edges line up properly. You can refer to the example above.

BUILD -- GROUPS -- NEW GROUP

• Group the cap.

The legs are even easier than the caps.

BUILD -- SIMPLE -- CIRCLE
Radius 1.5"

BUILD -- COMPLEX -- EXTRUDE
27" at 90 degrees.

MODIFY  -- ROTATE

• Select the X axis and spin it 90 degrees.

Now repeat the MODIFY -- MATCH proceedure, and MODIFY -- MOVE to get the leg to line up correctly with the cap.  Now group the leg to the cap either with 'ADD TO GROUP' or 'NEW GROUP' in the BUILD -- GROUPS menu.

Hide the resulting Leg/Cap object.

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