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zued
03-11-2003, 02:06 PM
Can we do this in Cinema4d?

http://www.3dtrainingonline.com/spline_tutorial.mov
or
http://www.trinitymediainc.com/Tutorials/html/modeling_2.html
(planemodel)
or
http://www.lwg3d.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=4936
(this one is realygood..;))


or something similar? ( maybe a plug?)
ThirdEye
03-11-2003, 02:23 PM
"Can we do this in Cinema4d?"

No spline-patching in C4D.
michaeli
03-11-2003, 02:50 PM
Originally posted by ThirdEye_01
"Can we do this in Cinema4d?"

No spline-patching in C4D.


Then should it be in our wishlist for R9?
ThirdEye
03-11-2003, 02:58 PM
It's already there ;)
AdamT
03-11-2003, 03:00 PM
While we don't have spline patching, you could use loftNURBS to follow a lot of those tutorials. Wouldn't be pleasant, but you could do it. ;)
zued
03-11-2003, 03:06 PM
Yes... ;) am using loftnurbs right now.. thats why the question came up :D..
ThirdEye
03-11-2003, 03:41 PM
Don't forget BezierNURBS they can be useful sometimes ;)
LucentDreams
03-11-2003, 04:03 PM
Originally posted by ThirdEye_01
Don't forget BezierNURBS they can be useful sometimes ;)

exactly, as long as you keep your bezier nurbs all the same final resolution, you can make all of your beziernurb patches and place them how they need to be place, then select all, make editable, then use a pllugin like stitch and sew to mend them.
zued
03-11-2003, 04:11 PM
.. but it would be nicer if you could controll (bezier)patches by laying a "grid" of splines..
ThirdEye
03-11-2003, 04:11 PM
indeed ;)
LucentDreams
03-11-2003, 04:13 PM
Originally posted by zued
.. but it would be nicer if you could controll (bezier)patches by laying a "grid" of splines..

definitely, just offering current solutions to the problem
zued
03-11-2003, 04:32 PM
.. and i am greatful..:beer:

.. I try to explain what I am doing.. ( or trying to do..)

Made a Hirez polyogon headmodel in Zbrush, exported as .obj into cinema4d, here I got 2 options to make a low(lower) polygon version of that mesh,
1. project splines and then loftextrude
2. use 3d-snapping and make controlpoints,then bridge and connect..

3. way would be the patch way, if it had worked.. ( using 3d-snapping and drawing splines on the mesh, then patch..)

well well.. we do it the hard way then.. ( allways looking for shourtcuts.. :D)

Thanks!
AdamT
03-11-2003, 05:52 PM
Of course a fourth way would be to use polygon reduction, but that probably wouldn't work too well if you are planning to animate.
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