Probably no solution but what the hey

hellnbak

You should try the curviloft plug-in.http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=28586&hilit=curviloft It's nothing to it, select the lines and push a button and voila.

Yeah, I know that using Curviloft would get rid of the problem in question, but many times when I'm doing something like this I'm using a texture, and I like to see what the object is looking like as I move the circles in and out till I get it just right. And yes, I know I could just apply the texture after I've used Curviloft and then make adjustments as needed, but doing that would require me to admit that I'm stupid

pbacot

@hellnbak said:

@rich o brien said:

Triangulate before you autfold...

[attachment=0:35n1l3kl]PickPic 21.png[/attachment:35n1l3kl]

Here's a 15 segment internal and 8 external

So you're saying I should draw in the lines before I move the circle?

BTW, I rarely use the move tool for this (or anything else). I use Nudge, so I can't invoke autofold (at least I don't think I can, never tried).

Sorry to be dense, but if you didn't use autofold, how did you create the shape in question--that gives the bad transitions?

Dave R

Peter, if you triangulate the surface, you don't need AutoFold which puts the "creases" in for you automatically.

Steve, I appreciate your desired to keep entity counts low but in this case, you're actually increasing the entity count because you have to have triangular faces instead of quadrilaterals.

pbacot

Thanks, I see that Dave. But Steve said he didn't use auto-fold so I wondered how could he have created the problem shape. Perhaps he just doesn't call it that.

Good point about the poly count!

Dave R

I suppose since he's not using Move, he couldn't use AutoFold since it's sort of a modification of the Move tool.

hellnbak

@dave r said:

Steve, I appreciate your desired to keep entity counts low but in this case, you're actually increasing the entity count because you have to have triangular faces instead of quadrilaterals.

I hate you

hellnbak

thomthom

@hellnbak said:

@dave r said:

Steve, I appreciate your desired to keep entity counts low but in this case, you're actually increasing the entity count because you have to have triangular faces instead of quadrilaterals.

I hate you

A "doh!" moment?

Dave R

@Steve,

@Thom, doh moment when he realized he hates me or when he figured out the entity count thing?

thomthom

Double-win?

hellnbak

I hate both of you

hellnbak

How do I go about deleting this entire embarrassing thread?

Dave R

Don't let it embarrass you. Someone else is sure to learn from it.

hellnbak

Where do I go to get back all the time I wasted fixing things I didn't need to fix? Some sort of form to fill out?

Dave R

I don't know but when you find it, let me know. I need the same thing.

mitcorb

Back there a ways, somebody said they never heard of Nudge. The only thing in the Index is nudgeOrbit by TIG. Is there another tool?

mwm5053

http://www.smustard.com/script/Nudge

pbacot

Yeah, Nudge is good. I wouldn't say it replaces Move. I checked-- I guess it has "auto-fold" built in.
Where do you get auto-fold for the laundry function?

Dave R

@pbacot said:

Where do you get auto-fold for the laundry function?

It's right next to the Iron tool. I always have difficulty with the Bleach tool.

Chris Fullmer

@dave r said:

@pbacot said:

Where do you get auto-fold for the laundry function?

It's right next to the Iron tool. I always have difficulty with the Bleach tool.

I have Ruby do those things for me.