How can I create a center line between two curved lines?

[ning7777]

Hi. I am a beginner and creating a 3D letter model now. Is there an easy way to create a centerline between two curves? Please see picture. The red line is the centerline I want to create. Thanks!

[DanRathbun]

This is not a centerline. A centered ridge is a better description.

This is similar to creating 3D hip roofs.

But this is made more difficult because there are at least 4 different curves on the inner perimeter.
Perhaps 3 still different curves on the outer perimeter. (This means offset is unlikely to work well.)

Let us hope one of Fredo’s extension can help here.

[mihai.s]

You could try this way:
-see how you can create the effect in photoshop -

Photoshop Gold Text Effect

-insert in SketchUp the image of the letter created in Photoshop;
-follow the tutorial below -

Beveled letters | SketchUp

I used the Fredo6 BezierSpline and Curviloft plugins and Google SketchUp 8.

[Anssi]

I used the Follow me tool with cleanup as shown in the roof tutorial in this post:

Create this kind of roof with free plug in

Roof Videos by Aidan Chopra Complex hip roofs and the Follow Me tool [SketchUp: Complex hip roofs and the Follow Me tool] Using Intersect with Model to make roofs [SketchUp: Using Intersect with Model to make roofs] Making hip roofs [SketchUp: Making hip roofs] Creating eaves for buildings with pitched roofs [SketchUp: Creating eaves for buildings with pitched roofs] Constructing gabled roofs [SketchUp: Constructing gabled roofs] …

[ning7777]

Thanks! I learned a lot from your video! Thanks again!!!

[ning7777]

Thanks! I will try that plugin. Thanks for your help!!!

[Anssi]

@ning7777

I will try that plugin.

I didn’t use any plugin…

[arisleme]

there is always the option of brute force!

• follow me with a triangle
• intersect faces with selection
• erase unnecessary bits