A new "Sweep to Mesh" feature in Blender's Curves to Mesh add-on, allowing you to take multiple curve shapes and loft them along the path. This video shows you how the new feature works, some potential gotchas, and how to use it to create twisted cables or ring shapes.
1:19 Basic Example
3:32 Step-by-step creation of twisted cable
8:48 Twisting Curves
9:38 Different shapes along curves
10:28 Gotcha #1 - flipped curves
11:18 Adding curves in the middle
12:52 Gotcha #2 - jagged surfaces and the accuracy setting
13:48 Other examples
14:15 Cyclic rings
16:29 More advanced ring
17:40 Starting a rung from scratch
20:39 Twisted rings
22:44 More examples
Curves to Mesh is available as a Blender add-on from:
Blender Market: https://blendermarket.com/products/cu...
Gumroad: https://gumroad.com/l/curves-to-mesh