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Pietje
12-25-2005, 07:44 PM
Hello,

Today i started modeling again, it has been a while.
Unfortunately i ran into a problem quite soon after i started.

I created this surface:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/No1HG/slice.png

The red line drawn on the splinecage is what i want to create, a closed spline with 8 vertexes.

Is there some automated function for this?

I know i can convert the cage to editable poly, then slice and create a shape from the new edges. Unfortunately i would end up with a shape that has a lot more vertexes as the other shapes in the cage.

It would be incompatible with the splinecage.


I would love to know how to solve or get around this "problem".




I thank you in advance,

Peter.
in your sofa
12-25-2005, 08:16 PM
unfortunetly the only way i can think of is slicing and creating a shape from the slice then manually deleting points from the newly created shape.

i haven't played around with the surface modifier but maybe theres a subdivision parameter on it that will alter the mesh somehow so that when you convert it to editalbe poly it will have a crossection that has 8 points.
Pietje
01-21-2006, 09:24 AM
If this is true, is there a way to make the progam retain the shape instead of taking shortcuts while i delete the overdose of vertexes? or will i have to adjust the tangents all by hand? (which seems to be a pain)

thx for the answer :)
jabbermacy
01-21-2006, 10:56 AM
nPower PowerNURBS _may_ be able to do this:

http://www.npowersoftware.com/nurbs/pnlearnmore.htm

Pwr_Cutter
(PN) Cut or split up an object into multiple pieces. Can be used for sectioning also. PwrCutter allows you to perform multiple Boolean operations with a single cutter shape (like a cookie cutter would do). It also supports Boolean operations on groups of objects.
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