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    • thomthomT Offline
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      @panixia said:

      @thomthom said:

      I'm finding that I need another tool for building corners.

      thomthom, while cutting and splitting all those quads i was wondering if would be possible to add an option to the insert vertex tool..
      in some cases i think could be helpfuf if one can choose to insert vertex that snap to edges or mid-points of the face instead of existing vertices (see the attachment), so the new small splitted facets are quads (at least with quad or tri parent face..)
      what do you think about it? not sure if that can lead to logical/coding problems..

      Very good idea!! πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ’­
      Say, you tap Ctrl to toggle between connect from vertices or edges.

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      • thomthomT Offline
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        I had a go at the door yesterday. Got the top blend between front and back fender roughly there. The blend between the scoops where harder than I thought. I need to completely rework them because the loops I got now doesn't match up. I end up with tris - and I want to do all quads.

        DamnedDoor.png

        Also updated the blue prints to the high res one. They where also much straighter than the ones I had.

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        • ely862meE Offline
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          @thomthom said:

          You're using tris for your mesh, are you?

          I'm building the mesh in quads atm. I'm finding that I need another tool for building corners.

          Yup, triangles all the way, it is easy because it's native.


          Component_1.jpg


          Component_1.skp

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          • thomthomT Offline
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            Nice - that's the shape. πŸ˜„ Triangles does seem to be easier to make these blend shapes. With quads you seem to need many more loops to make everything flow right.

            I'll still play around with the quad version - I'm getting lots of ideas for new tools. β˜€

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            • Rich O BrienR Online
              Rich O Brien Moderator
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              Cleaned up some loops but not happy. Gonna start from scratch again.

              PickPic 1.png

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              • thomthomT Offline
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                last edited by

                Quads and tris?

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                • Rich O BrienR Online
                  Rich O Brien Moderator
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                  Only 1 troublesome tri. The rest psuedo Quads. 293 verts. Wanna get it below 250.

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                  • thomthomT Offline
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                    last edited by

                    @rich o brien said:

                    293 verts. Wanna get it below 250.

                    Now you're adding a whole new dimension to this challenge!

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                    • panixiaP Offline
                      panixia
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                      some true masterpieces here, you all guys rule! very intersting and lot to learn from you! πŸ‘
                      i did'n t fully understand what the blue loop actually controls.. πŸ˜•
                      why you didn't go for the more obvious solution of the two black loops?
                      i'm pretty sure this is another cool trick i miss.. just can't understand..


                      strange loop.JPG

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
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                        @panixia said:

                        why you didn't go for the more obvious solution of the two black loops?
                        i'm pretty sure this is another cool trick i miss.. just can't understand..

                        I wanted to avoid too much subdivision back along the door - they served no purpose there. In any case - take no heed of my last sample. It was just the result of yesterdays experiment. It needs to be scrapped because the crease loop coming from the back fender doesn't flow properly into and around the scoop.

                        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                        • hellnbakH Offline
                          hellnbak
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                          Hey ThomThom, any progress on the Charger?

                          I'm always eager to see another classic being created 😍

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                          • thomthomT Offline
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                            last edited by

                            @hellnbak said:

                            Hey ThomThom, any progress on the Charger?

                            No - unfortunately not. I was away last week on a field trip with the office. I'm currently trying to catch up.

                            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                            • okomtaO Offline
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                              yeah,, can not wait to see the progress,,,:D
                              or,,anyone can help them?

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                              • thomthomT Offline
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                                I probably won't get time to work on this until after Basecamp. πŸ˜•

                                Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                                • okomtaO Offline
                                  okomta
                                  last edited by

                                  so ,,,?..any progress for the project?
                                  πŸ˜„

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                                  • cottyC Offline
                                    cotty
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                                    @thomthom said:

                                    I probably won't get time to work on this until after Basecamp. πŸ˜•

                                    After basecamp is before the basecamp πŸ˜‰

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                                      @thomthom said:

                                      [attachment=3:2l5lnglv]<!-- ia3 -->FrontDoor.png<!-- ia3 -->[/attachment:2l5lnglv]

                                      I'll bring home some tracing paper today and sketch out where I think the control loops will go.

                                      I've had a go at the mesh for the door indents, following something I saw last night.
                                      see Tileable Triangle Inset - http://imgur.com/a/dEWXP

                                      http://i.imgur.com/irHcF.png

                                      The indent on the door panel appears to be raised above the door panel itself slightly.

                                      Here is my try - following the above method.
                                      This is with SU16 Make.


                                      the mesh


                                      indent subD


                                      SU file ; SubD test

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