I am trying to model a quip toothbrush..I am not getting how to model the middle part which involves a delicate surface feature. I tried using sweep with guide curve but couldn't do it. I have attached both my model and the toothbrush image. Kindly help
Hello Tom,
The reason why I did not make a solid model was that it has a variable diameter and it tapers off at that point where you cut the extruded portion. If you look at the top view of the brush (image is added), you will understand what I am talking about. Thanks
Model of a toothbrush comment brought back a lot of memories, in 1997 prior to purchasing a seat of SW, the VAR and I met at a local company that was designing, marketing and manufacturing tooth brushes, pretty cools stuff back then...
1997 brought a lot of memories. Me riding cycle, playing with neighbor kids. Wow those days. Play hard, sleep hard. Now work hard, sleep less.
That's really a long time. 20 years!! Everything has changed and is changing. I hope SW remains 'constant. with me for another 20 years.
Hard to believe after all these years, they still make new tooth brush's that claim to clean your teeth better than the old ones.
Hello Kaushik,
I agree with Tom in that it would be a much easier workflow to solid-model this part.
However should you which to continue with your current model I would suggest a lofted surface with guide curves and edge tangency conditions to carry a smooth transition between the bodies.
If you used Spline on the top guide and straight line on the bottom it would give a lovely surface to use.
I have attached an image showing what i mean.
Hope this helps,
Benjamin
Thanks a lot for your help Benjamin. Regards.
Kaushik... my guess is the cut/blend is similar to what the others have suggested.. I'm cutting the profile and splitting the faces and blending the splits..
Thanks a lot Paul. I will try do as a suggested.
I looked at both of your pictures. I still believe the narrowing you see in the top picture is a result of the cut.
Mine may be off some, not knowing the exact size of the part.
I see what you are saying Tom. Understood. Thanks a lot. That was very helpful.
I could be wrong, the brush end may taper to a smaller size at the tip, but it's hard to tell.
..agree... your model looks really good!
This is what I think the handle should be from the pictures. I just made the whole thing the same diameter then made a cut across.
Note: I would double check the size of your brush I am seeing 4.3097" for the diameter, that seems a bit large.
For my handle I just used random sizes for, dia. length, cut. not knowing what they should be.