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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

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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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            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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                      • L Offline
                        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


                                  2012-05-27_204412.jpg

                                  He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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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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                                          • Dave RD Offline
                                            Dave R
                                            last edited by

                                            If you'd like help, upload an example SKP file so we can see what you are trying to do.

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