Time for action – assembling the ship's wheel
When using DupliVerts, Blender starts with a pattern mesh object, which in this case is the spoke. It makes an instance of the pattern mesh object and moves the copy to the location of a vertex on the base object, in your case, the circle. DupliVerts can also rotate the DupliVerted copy with respect to the center of the base object, as described in the following steps:
- Select the circle with the RMB.
- In the Properties window header, click on the Object button. It's the one with the orange cube.
- In the Duplication subpanel, select the Verts button in the center. A Rotation checkbox will appear. Check it.
- Select the spoke with the RMB. Then, select the circle again with Shift + RMB. Press Ctrl + P to parent ...
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