Double curved faces with different level

jerrywz68 · 26 Apr 2013, 10:47

hey, everyone.

I am learning to make some complicated model with double curved faces and different level. see picture and model.

And I tried the whole afternoon by using Shape bender and Extrude Tools. Nothing came easy to achieve. Can anyone help to give me a clue how to make it?

SU model

TIG · 26 Apr 2013, 11:30

You'll need to give us some clues about what you hope it might look like.
How do we know what is wrong with what you have showed us ?

If you start off with 'curves' to form the surafces that give the correct vertical alignments it ought to be bendable into a shape ?

Don't worry about 'wall' thickness until you have a suitable 'paper-form' - you can use JPP to extrude the thickness later...

More info please...

jerrywz68 · 26 Apr 2013, 11:45

I attached the SKP as well. That's what I want it look like. Another designer gave me this model. I just want to re-make by myself. I guess the dumpiest way to do this is draw one line by one line a paper form face then extrude. But I think there is some more convenient way to deal with that?

pilou · 26 Apr 2013, 11:50

From the image Seems just a profil surface + follow-me along a path

then make the holes window(?) / doors (?) is sufficient ?

TIG · 26 Apr 2013, 11:59

Well that explains it.
BUT you never said you wanted to remake it.
It seemed that you couldn't make it like you wanted it to be...

Why not ask the original designer how he did it, rather than asking us to double-guess?
As Pilou snook in...
The right-hand form could be easily made using a flat partial 'oval' path and a suitably curved vertical face, using FollowMe to form the cross-section. Then erase unwanted parts, either overdraw the 'doorways' and erase the faces or extrude a temporary volume through it, intersect to make the cut outline, then erase... Finally use Joint-PushPull plugin to gibe it its thickness.

You can make the other form using a 'spiraling' path.

*Think of it this way...*Make the single simpler skin surface.
Erase parts to make the more complex shape.
Finally JJP extrude it into a 3d form...

jerrywz68 · 26 Apr 2013, 12:13

Thanks TIG and Pilou for the clue. I would make the paper face then extrude cause it involve more than 10 different level on top face.