Cris-Palomino
05-18-2003, 11:13 PM
Thought I would pass this on.
I have been working on creating some clothing for DAZ's Victoria 3 and thanks to Will Dupre, many helpful people here and at Maxon Tech, I'm getting somewhere. :)
I had thought of getting Paul Everett's Surface Painter and when I went over there, he had a new plugin, Dynamic Spline Projector. You should definitely watch the movie there for a good idea of what it does.
For my purposes, I started using it for this figure in the following manner:
http://www.elektralusion.com/images/projects/Corset/DSPatWork2.jpg
I made an editable circle spline, subdivided it and placed it on the lower part of the neck. Created a DSP which you can see in the OM. You reference the source spline (circle) and the surface (figure). I used the radial mode for projection.
It basically "projects" a copy which I made a Current State to Object leaving me with an editable spline.
I moved the original spline which continued to project to its next position...you can edit if you need to at each juncture. It's a very effective way to work. I'm really pleased and grateful for such a useful tool and the best way I know to say thank you is to pass on my happy findings.
Take a look at www.tools4d.com/
Thanks,
Cris
I have been working on creating some clothing for DAZ's Victoria 3 and thanks to Will Dupre, many helpful people here and at Maxon Tech, I'm getting somewhere. :)
I had thought of getting Paul Everett's Surface Painter and when I went over there, he had a new plugin, Dynamic Spline Projector. You should definitely watch the movie there for a good idea of what it does.
For my purposes, I started using it for this figure in the following manner:
http://www.elektralusion.com/images/projects/Corset/DSPatWork2.jpg
I made an editable circle spline, subdivided it and placed it on the lower part of the neck. Created a DSP which you can see in the OM. You reference the source spline (circle) and the surface (figure). I used the radial mode for projection.
It basically "projects" a copy which I made a Current State to Object leaving me with an editable spline.
I moved the original spline which continued to project to its next position...you can edit if you need to at each juncture. It's a very effective way to work. I'm really pleased and grateful for such a useful tool and the best way I know to say thank you is to pass on my happy findings.
Take a look at www.tools4d.com/
Thanks,
Cris