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    • charly2008C Offline
      charly2008
      last edited by

      Pilou,

      I understood it still not likely. The Curviloft object is a new group. The two components remain as components. The Curviloft object you can edit and change. Or you explode all objects and then you can change the result as you want.

      Charly


      Unbenannt1.JPG


      Unbenannt.JPG


      Unbenannt2.JPG


      Unbenannt3.JPG

      He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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      • pilouP Offline
        pilou
        last edited by

        @unknownuser said:

        The Curviloft object is a new group. The two components remain as components.

        That is the problem 😄
        Imagine : you have your gem
        Just edit the component (face) and you will have an infinities of variation without pain 😉
        But alas that is not possible 😞

        Here example with Component Stringer
        I modify just the component and all is modified
        green.jpg

        and here with Curviloft
        cant.jpg

        Frenchy Pilou
        Is beautiful that please without concept!
        My Little site :)

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        • C Offline
          czloser
          last edited by

          so cool

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          • J Offline
            jbrfrk
            last edited by

            thank u so much charle

            J=K

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            • T Offline
              tfdesign
              last edited by

              This is a great thread, but is anyone else experiencing problems with pages loading, supposedly because of the sheer amount of image files having to load? I'm finding this thread pretty slow to view. 😞

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              • R Offline
                robert111
                last edited by

                charly can you make tuot for this modeling with subdivide and smooth
                thanks charly


                011.PNG

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                • charly2008C Offline
                  charly2008
                  last edited by

                  Hi Curviloft Fans,

                  some CurviArt variations from a basic form.

                  Charly


                  2011-06-26_140213.jpg


                  Unbenannt-1.jpg


                  Curvi3.jpg


                  Curvi5.jpg

                  He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                  • J Offline
                    jose-91
                    last edited by

                    very impressive. thanks for posting these examples!

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                    • brookefoxB Offline
                      brookefox
                      last edited by

                      Thanks, Charly. I hope to tame the powerful beast with the insights you have shared, or at least not be consumed by it.

                      ~ Brooke

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                      • brookefoxB Offline
                        brookefox
                        last edited by

                        When I've got the transitions previewed (in black), I find I am unable to orbit to really inspect the thing (like you do, Rich, in your demo tuts). If I try the operation is cancelled. Is there a secret?

                        ~ Brooke

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                          lapx
                          last edited by

                          Charly,

                          I have an irregular column shape I'm trying to make using curviloft. Stitching the circle and the shapes together should have worked but it did not. Do the segments on each shape have to be equal in number?
                          also the top of the planter is not flat it should be from with a curve in the z plane. Not certain how I would construct this.
                          How can this be done? See attached skp file.


                          column.skp

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                          • TIGT Offline
                            TIG Moderator
                            last edited by

                            Lapx

                            Is this the result you seek?
                            Select the three 'profiles' of edges and run CurviLoft.
                            The initial result might be somewhat twisted, because the top circle's 'start' is rotated relative the the 'starts' of the other curves... but you can easily relocate that point around the curve in the tool.... before committing to the form...


                            Capture.PNG

                            TIG

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                            • brookefoxB Offline
                              brookefox
                              last edited by

                              The start point may not matter depending on the Vx setting.

                              Note the black previews which if I orbit during, causes the whole operation to be discarded.

                              The first pics show 1,2,3 from the bottom up.

                              curviloft-loft by spline-post-1.JPG

                              curviloft-loft by spline-post-1a.JPG

                              curviloft-loft by spline-post-1b.JPG

                              Here from the top down.

                              curviloft-loft by spline-post-2.JPG

                              curviloft-loft by spline-post-3.JPG

                              ~ Brooke

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                              • micioneM Offline
                                micione
                                last edited by

                                Hi all,
                                Watching this tutorial, I found the window (red arrow) in the photo.
                                Does anybody know tell me the path to find it?
                                Thanks in advance

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                                • micioneM Offline
                                  micione
                                  last edited by

                                  Sorry,
                                  photo.


                                  curviloft.jpg

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                                  • charly2008C Offline
                                    charly2008
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi Roberto,

                                    you will find it in the Tools menu.

                                    Charly


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                                    • micioneM Offline
                                      micione
                                      last edited by

                                      Charly,
                                      Thank you very much.
                                      (I tried to send a private message, but evidently you have not received).

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                                        ccs1987
                                        last edited by

                                        Awesome tutorials

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                                        • LanaL Offline
                                          Lana
                                          last edited by

                                          Very good . I learned a lot here . Thank you all .

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                                          • sketchartist023S Offline
                                            sketchartist023
                                            last edited by

                                            I have not been able to manipulate the GUI interface with this tool, so I am left with overlapping issues in my model 😕 I am not sure what to do, but wow this tool is amazing so far! My concept is taking a plane lettering and then using a half circle guide flow to reform it to a rectangle below the lettering facing the same direction. SO, just a morphed half loop from letter to poly. But always get overlapping and face issues since I cannot use the points on the GUI. I wish I could do this stuff above! Will keep trying 😄

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