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title: "Lathe Object"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/OLATHE.html"
section_path: "Create Menu > Generators > Lathe Object"
element_id: "OLATHE"
command_id: "5117"
description: "This page documents the Lathe object in Cinema 4D, a spline generator. It revolves a profile spline around the Y-axis — the classic way to model glasses …"
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# Lathe Object
> **Note:** **What is it about?**
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> This page documents the **Lathe object** in **Cinema 4D**, a spline generator. It revolves a profile spline around the Y-axis — the classic way to model glasses, vases, bottles and any rotationally symmetric shape from a single outline.
The Lathe object (also known as the screw object) rotates a spline around the Y-axis of the Lathe object so that you can create an elaborate wine glass from a simple profile, for example. The rotation takes place as soon as you 'drop' the spline into the Lathe object. As a rule, the profile spline should be in the XY plane.
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Profile spline | 
The finished wine glass |
In the following scene, all objects were created from Lathe objects.
[](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Scenes/2026-0_lathe_generator_01_.c4d)