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zued

03-13-2003, 08:43 AM

Hia..

Can I convert/copy spline-points to regular points (polygon).?
And.. I dont want hundreds of new points, just the controllpoints(of the spline)

Thanks!

Srek

03-13-2003, 08:47 AM

Hi,
switch the spline to linear, then copy the points in the structure manager from the spline to a polygon object.
Hope this helps
Srek

LucentDreams

03-13-2003, 08:52 AM

even easier is to get a plugin called CPPP, look in the plugins threadfor a link to fabians site, it will be there.

zued

03-13-2003, 09:35 AM

Thanks guys, I shall try both methods.. :D

Here is a quick sample(test) I did..

ZBRUSH doodle ( took 5 minutes ).. exported an obj( 70.000polys)

Draw some ruff splines in frontview.. projected them..
(another 5min)

Used Create points with 3d snapping on..( points)
Then bridgetool.. ( 10 minutes )

sorry for the low quality jpg.. 20K limit..

zued

03-13-2003, 09:59 AM

lowpoly view..

zued

03-13-2003, 10:41 AM

OK.. CPPP workes...( If I make a cluster of points to transfer to )
But if someone knows if its possibly to just copy spline points and paste them as new points.. ( ctrl-c > ctrl-v in point mode ;) )

Thanks..

bcbarnes

03-13-2003, 11:45 AM

The technique that I've used (which is a bit of a pain, I agree) is to select the spline points, and use the structure managers FILE menu option to output to ASCII file. Then switch to the object you want to put the points in, and again in the structure managers FILE menu, choose to import from an ASCII file.

zued

03-13-2003, 12:49 PM

bcbarnes... Thanks.. that worked even better.. :D

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