even points along surface

[erikals]

Good question,..

Maybe using the pointfit plugin somehow, I had some probs with it though..
Or, using multiple curves, (sort of works). Unfortunatly I had some probs here as well, as all the lines unfortunatly did'nt end up 90 degrees.
http://erikalstad.com/cgtemp/multiple%20curves.avi

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erikals

Thanks for the .avi link and suggestions.

I know the video is straight forward, but could you confirm your steps in the video. Is layer 2 an curve from the points of layer 1.

Sorry to ask you to state the obvious, but I am not getting the same results as you.

It seems amazing that there is not a simple script out there to average out the spacing between points.

[erikals]

Hi, no problem :)
Yes, that's correct,

I looked at it some more (thanks toby and silkrooster 4 sorting out a boolean problem) and in this case I thik this might be the fastest solution (erm,.. unfortunatly it is quite slow http://erikalstad.com/smiley/Notsatisfied.gif)

http://erikalstad.com/cgtemp/even%20space%20on%20simple%20obj.zip

In video,
- Layer 1 is your object, but as u c the top has been closed. (u do this by making a n-gon at the top, select it, extend it (E) and stretch it only in the Y direction holding down Ctrl key)
- Layer 2 is made like this. Copy the top points from Layer 1, make closed curve. Now, if u select the curve in poly mode, then u can see the curve's start point. Copy that point, go to layer 3, paste it twice. Select those two points, make it a poly (2-point poly). Now do a simple rail extrude using layer 2. Select the points in order, make it a polygon. (Not sure u need to do this, but flatten the poly so the Y axis is the same value on all points). Copy poly, bevel, paste poly, merge. it should now look like layer 2. Scale the obj slightly.

Next step is to follow the video.
Hehe, for sure one complicated task :)

[erikals]

Hmm, found this at Flay, might have worked, unfortunatly link is dead..
http://www.flay.com/GetDetail.CFM?ID=1493

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Hmm, found this at Flay, might have worked, unfortunatly link is dead..

That EvenSpace plugin I had a while back. Still got it somewhere. Problem is as with the other plugins it's only good for a single axes, you end up with a evenly space straight line. I have been trying to solve this for quite a few years.

The link..
http://erikalstad.com/cgtemp/even%2...imple%20obj.zip (http://erikalstad.com/cgtemp/even%20space%20on%20simple%20obj.zip) seems to have a problem. I get an error message when trying to unzip. I know it's not me as my other zips open fine.

Thanks for the video explanation.

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erikals.
Don't know whether you fixed it or it was me but http://erikalstad.com/cgtemp/even%2...imple%20obj.zip (http://erikalstad.com/cgtemp/even%20space%20on%20simple%20obj.zip) is now working.

Thanks

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