Solid Revolve

Overview

Revolves a 2D profile once around an axis to create a solid (like a potter's wheel or lathe). For rotationally symmetric shapes such as jars, bottles, goblets, columns, and tree trunks, this is faster and cleaner than stacking primitives.

Usage tips

• Draw a half-profile. For a jar, draw half of its vertical silhouette as a closed path and revolve it around the left edge (the default). Every bump and narrowing in the path becomes a bulge or neck in the solid.
• Choose between this and solid_extrude: Revolve for rotational symmetry, Extrude for flat plates or signs.
• Increase curve_steps when a coarse profile curve produces visible facets.

Related nodes

• solid_extrude — extrusion version (flat objects)

• bezier_path — draw the profile

• solid_render — convert to pixel art

• solid_shell — hollow the revolved solid into a vessel

• Coordinate system: Path x is the radial direction; Path y is inverted to become Solid z

• Axis of revolution: choose the left edge, bounding-box center, or any Path x coordinate

• Target: one closed subpath

Examples

Draw a half-profile around its left edge with Bezier Path, then connect Solid Revolve → Solid Render to create the base shape of a jar or tower. For a column or tree trunk around its center, use Axis = Center. For a hollow, ring-shaped profile, use Axis = CustomX and place the axis outside it.