Time for action – adding a line to control the mainsail
You can't control the sail without a line. Made just like the tiller, it shows the flexibility of this technique:
- Press A to deselect all objects. In the File menu, select Append.
- Find
4909OS_09_sloop_line.blend. - Open the Object folder.
- Press A to select the line and the line shape.
- In the 3D View, select the line as shown in the following screenshot:
- Press the Tab key to get into Edit Mode. You see the control points of the Bezier Curve that creates the line. Press the Tab key to re-enter Object Mode.
- In the Properties window header, press the Object Data button. It has two dots connected by a curve. The line is made just the same way as the tiller. In the Geometry subpanel, you will see Line Shape listed as the Bevel Object, as in the following image.
- Press Shift + LMB to select Empty. Press Ctrl + P to parent the Empty to the line.
- Select Empty and press R, Z, and Z to do a test rotation. Press the RMB when you are done.
