Help- how can i draw this 3D (water drop)
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this is supposed to be a all round figure. like a water drop.
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really sorry but i don't quite understand what you are asking, do you need help modeling this shape?
oh and for the record water droplets are perfectly spherical.
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pav
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sorry, didn't read the thread title properly!
do you have some drawings from other perspectives, to give more of an idea of the shape.cheers
pav
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I think you have to use a ruby call Subdivide and Smooth.
http://www.smustard.com/script/SubdivideAndSmoothTake a look to this post
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ocean,
This was done using skin.rb. Obviously, the more sections you use, the smoother the contour.
~Voder
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wow thank you very much!!
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Heres a quick attempt using subd and smooth, somewhat lacking in elegance though.
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Voder,
thank you again! but when i tried to do it myself i couln't get to the 4th figure. i have the skin.rb i select the 3rd figure and go to Tools-->skin ....it gives 3 options - clear skin, skin and set settings. i select the 3rd figure and click skin but it doesn't work. what am i doing wrong?
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ocean,
Just select two adjacent sections (circles) and click the Skin toolbar button. Each circle will be part of two skinning operations as it is joined with its neighbors on either side. If you're using the version that Darrel just uploaded, set the Preferences to:
Skin Method: By Distance
Prep Method: None
Clean: Yes
Smooth: --~Voder
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ok now i got it! thank you for your help!
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Voder,
Your excellent example gave me an idea. Wouldn't it be great to have a ruby to do the first part of your example. It seems logical enough. Two shapes: divide the first one in sections. Create a scaled slice with the second shape... Could this be done. It could even skin it for you afterwards.
Peter
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