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This is tutorial number 55 and it covers how to do advanced multi-section solid bodies within

CTAV5. To start off, open up tutorial part number 55 which is located on the DVD.

Now like the last few tutorials, we're going to be using the multi-section solid function.

Now with this part that I have right here, what we've done is it's just like the last

tutorial pretty much the same part. I just cleaned it up a little bit. And what it is is

it's the four sections put together. Now for the advanced multi-section solid, what we're

going to do is we're going to add a guide profile for all these to follow because right now

what they're following is just a straight line and they're all merging together. What we're

going to do in this one is kind of add a bit of a curve and then going up and around.

So to start off what we're going to do is we're going to right click and delete this and

we're going to unselect the aggregated. Click OK. So now we're still left with these

sketches here. So what we're going to do is we're going to sketch on this plane here and

slowly build these all these sections together and give it a different kind of flow and a

different curve. So let's click this plane here, click sketch. And what I want to do first

is each of these points here, select it, press control, and project them out. And let's

make them a construction. And what we're going to do is from these points we're going to

snap and bring all these together. So what we can do first is let's click the line tool

and let's just put some lines in there and just connect these guys. And let's go back.

And this is just a basic one that we're going to be able to put together nice and quick

just to give you a feel. So let's click the multi section. So up here you're going to

have to choose these sections. So the same as we did before. So choose all these sections.

And then down here you choose the guide. So we're going to choose this as our guideline.

Click preview and it's going to give you a preview. And this one's going to look just

like the one that we already made. So no big difference. It's just shifted over a tiny

bit. Now click OK. And now what we're going to do is we're going to change that sketch.

So let's double click on the sketch here. And let's delete these lines. And we saw

those points. So let's click the spline tool. And let's really kick these guys out and

start moving them around. And let's go back. And now it's going to rebuild. Now in the

rebuild you can see that it's really moved those guys around with the spline compared

to those straight lines that we had. And they're going to follow that same path that we

just made. Now I'm going to go back into this sketch. And what I'm going to tell you is

that when you're doing these, especially with something like a square, you need to find

like a common edge or common point that you're going to whip everything around with. So

what I did here is I always use the right edge point on top. So using that, you're always

using that edge to move it around. If I was to use say like the left edge point and move

them around, it might be too dramatic of a curve in turn. So it might fold on itself and

you might not, the part might not come together at all. If you did a circle, you probably

choose a center point of each one and whip it around from the center points. So again,

we're able to just, you know, play around with this, just move these guys in a little

bit. And we're going to have the same result. So it's going to adjust it accordingly to

what the guide curve was there. So with all of these multi-section solids, I've showed you

the basic one that we've created two reference planes, created two sketches, put them together.

Then with the multiple one, we did four reference planes, four sketches, put them together.

And now with this one, I've introduced the guideline curve for all of your profiles

to follow along. So this is just kind of all of them building up together. And now you're

able to create profiles, create a line, and loft everything together and put it together.

And that concludes our tutorial on advanced multi-section solids within KT of V5.