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    • J Offline
      jbrfrk
      last edited by

      thank u so much charle

      J=K

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        tfdesign
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        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


                              2012-05-27_204412.jpg

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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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