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Modeling a Lantern Using Splines and Loft 3D Studio Max / Modeling
This tutorial will teach you how to model a middle-eastern style lantern using splines and loft. Loft objects are two-dimensional shapes extruded along a third axis. One of these splines serves the path while the remaining splines serve as cross-sections, or shapes, of the loft object.