Can you project curves onto Polygons?

[beaker]

nope

[Modulok]

You can make the object live, Modify>make live, and then draw curves directly onto the polygons...not sure if that helps.

-Modulok-

[JasonA]

this is a feature I really wish A|W would add... it would be the equivelent of 3ds max's "shapemerge" compound function. AN extremely handy polygon modeling tool..

I wish someone would write a plugin/mel script for it...

[stunndman]

maybe this two threads can give you some inspiration - i like the idea about extruding the curve and then intersecting it with your polygon object

http://www.highend3d.com/boards/showthreaded.php?Cat=1,2&Board=mayamodeling&Number=6464&page=&view=&sb=&o=

http://www.highend3d.com/boards/showthreaded.php?Cat=1,2&Board=mayamodeling&Number=100942&page=&view=&sb=&o=

[luminis]

Yes, you can create a curve directly on top of a polygonal object, just like Modulok said, by making the poly object live, just as it would be done with nurbs surface. However, this is only when you *create* the curve, there is no similar feature when you want to project an already existing curve onto a poly object (which I think is what you are asking). Unless, of course, you create a NURBS surface that resembles the poly object, and you project your curve to this surface.

By the way, even when you do this live thing for creating the surface, the curve created will not really be a curve on surface, but a regular curve shaped like the poly object.

[beaker]

polygons can't have a curve on surface, thats why you can't project a curve. Hopefully they will add a curve on surface for subd's but I dont see it happening on polygons.

[Boolieman]

Thank you for all of your help guys it really was nice but i tink i am going to have to redo lots of stuff now
:shrug: :eek:

[beaker]

Why not convert the polygon to a subd and then convert the subd to nurbs. Then you can project the curve on the surface.

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