Need Suggestions for Creating Profile View of Object

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willf
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Need Suggestions for Creating Profile View of Object

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So, the video shows two objects. I am trying to turn the object on the top half of the screen into a profile view of the other object (on the lower half of the screen - a top down view of the same thing) Right now as you can see it is only partially complete.

The problem comes in when translating the moving parts from top down to profile view. I need to make three shapes, (or at least two, and then copy, paste & flip the third) and animate them through rotation on their x axis.

I think I might need something like a two-sided shape, similar to the way I've made flapping wings in the past. This shape (which is a curved section of a cone, but not a conic section) will have two layers, two shapes laying one on top of the other. Like a backing and an interior lining. I have made some small progress, but the curved "leaf" sections will have to be like 66% front and 33% front respectively. And this is making it hard to visualize the solution.

Anyway, suggestions appreciated.
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