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zelda64

08-04-2011, 12:13 AM

Hi,

In maya when you enable "Make Live" for a Cylinder you can rotate in perspective viewport and create a curve around of cylinder .

I want to create a Tube around a Cylinder in modo only when I rotate around cylinder in perspective viewport .

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18492126/Untitled-1.jpg

What do i do?

Thank you .

Sorry for my English .

runejw

08-05-2011, 12:18 PM

You can have an object which is not selected - aka "Background object" in Modo.
Then you can make a new mesh and select to make a curve for example and in the settings for the curve selct Snapping > Constraint mode > Bacground
Then when you click to make the points of the curve it will be on the surface of the background object(s). You can also set an offset for the points (to make the curve hover over the surface).

So, basically same possibilities but different names/methods.

zelda64

08-06-2011, 12:40 PM

Thanks a lot runejw . very appreciate . your guidance was very useful for me.

jakekudinov

08-08-2011, 04:22 PM

Constraint to Background works perfectly for Push Tool also when you need to cover some object by plane.

zelda64

08-16-2011, 10:54 AM

Thanks jakekudinov