Keeping lines flat
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Hi There.
I am drawing lines with the Bezier Spline script. I need these lines to be completely flat as i will 'follow me' after with a shape.
I find that the line is often not flat.
the best way i can think to flatten the line is to scale it down in the z axis (up and down)
What is the best way to flatten the line or to make sure it is drawn flat?
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Hi Job,
Beside a "flatten.rb" plugin at Smustard or Thom's "Flatten and extrude" script, you can also drape (sandbox tools)any series of lines onto a flat surface.
Scaling may take you close but not really (entirely) to 0 Z value.
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What I do is make the bezier on a temporary working plane(rectangle or circle) at z=0. (but the z value could be anything). you can actually do beziers on a vertical plane too.
Click starting point, then click ending point, then go back near the start to place the control points and watch for the prompts saying "on face", or edge, midpoint or endpoint if you have other lines on the working plane. Then set your control points sequentially as you please until the bezier ending point.If you wish to do scaling, Fredoscale seems to work better for non xyz plane orientations, since it will align with the working plane.
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