Bending an object into a circle I wanted to create a ring around my planet. Unfortunately the bend tool does not work. It does not work when I type in the bend value (360) and the menu option is greyed out.

I downloaded earlier versions of Blender (all the way back to 2.67 when it was still called Warp) and it turns my mesh into an hourglass shape rather than creating a ring. Any solutions?
Bend tool, which is a newer operator than Warp, and take Warp's shortcut Shift W, works a bit different from Warp. I think here you just need the old Warp tool. You can still find it in the menu.



Another way for bending objects is to use Simple Deform modifier. It will bend along the Local Z axis. You can also give it a try.