Please help me fill a curved surface

frascati · 26 Sept 2010, 13:55

This is probably exceedingly simple. But how do I produce a surface on the following cube with curved sides?

curved sides.skp

mickath · 26 Sept 2010, 14:16

Hi,

Here you go.

Mickath

curved sides.skp

charly2008 · 26 Sept 2010, 14:18

Hi Brad,

take the CurviLoft plugin or Extrude Edges by Loft plugin.

Charly

frascati · 26 Sept 2010, 17:46

Thank you very much. I'll try that. I had in the meanwhile discovered that I could just fill panels one segment at a time but this ought to speed things up a whole lot.

Jean Lemire · 4 Oct 2010, 17:57

Hi folks.

See this SU file for ideas.

Curved sides 2.skp

EarthMover · 4 Oct 2010, 19:42

Curviloft Skinning function is very fast for this shape. Explode it at the end and it will retain the sharp edges. (I also reduced sampling and interpolation to reduce the amount of geometry needed, but it's not a necessary step if file size isn't an issue)

jeff hammond · 4 Oct 2010, 20:10

@earthmover said:

(I also reduced sampling and interpolation to reduce the amount of geometry needed, but it's not a necessary step if file size isn't an issue)

hey adam..
a tip - the words 'sampling' and 'interpolation' are actually written on a button.. click the button to turn it off instead of reducing amount to 0.

@jean - nice one!

EarthMover · 4 Oct 2010, 20:15

Thanks bro...didn't realize that!