Why do I get large bevels on a curve with such a small bevel object?

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I am bevelling a simple circle with another simple circle and as you can see from the screen shot below I have to make the bevel circle incredibly small and I still end up with a very large cross section. I don't understand why the cross section on the bevelled curve isn't the same size a enter image description here s the bevel curve.

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When resizing the bevel shape are you in edit mode or object mode? — zeffii, May 01 '15 at 16:37
Ok, Ctrl-A and selecting rotation and scale worked. I'm not sure why though. Thanks for all the comments. I'll go investigate ctrl-A now... — Transonic, May 01 '15 at 18:57

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered May 01 '15 at 16:40

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You will have to :

apply the scale Ctrl+A
select all point of the curve and reset the radius back to 1 :

Note : to avoid applying the scale just set the radius to 1/scale

answered May 01 '15 at 16:40

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zeffii · Answer 2 · 2015-05-09T08:47:58.673

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Once you've selected a bevel object, the bevel_depth and bevel_resolution parameter doesn't affect the bevel. Rescale the bevel object in Object or Edit mode, and you will see a change in the final geometry that the Curve uses.

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edited May 09 '15 at 08:47

answered May 01 '15 at 16:41

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Why do I get large bevels on a curve with such a small bevel object?

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