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Hello, I'm trying to make an illustration where there is a 3D cylinder inside another 3D cylinder but I can't find any tutorials on how to do it, does anyone have any ideas? I want to put the purple cylinder inside the red one.
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in that case create two concentric circles, group them, then use Effects > 3D > Extrude & Bevel
i thought yours were drawn objects with gradients because the 3D effect won't look much like your example image.
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i guess these are drawn objects, something like this?
group the smaller cylinder. place it where you want it. copy and paste in front (ctrl + F) the ellipse from the larger cylinder. select it and the smaller cylinder and use Object > Clipping Mask > Make (ctrl + 7)
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Hi Doug, you're a star, that's exactly what I want, however when I do it, it doesn't work or look like that, is there any chance you could give me a step by step instruction, your help would be most appreciated My objects aren't drawn but I've made the objects via the 3D effects opition on the eclispe shape tool.
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in that case create two concentric circles, group them, then use Effects > 3D > Extrude & Bevel
i thought yours were drawn objects with gradients because the 3D effect won't look much like your example image.
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Thanks Doug, that's great and worked a treat, any ideas how to make each cylinder a different length? Here's mine
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not by extruding a group. you'd need to do it by masking individual objects, as a first thought.
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Okay Doug, I'll have leave it as it is but thanks for your help anyway, have a good day
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I would use 2 lines, one shorter than the other. Group them and use the 3D Revolve Effect: