Adding thickness
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have created a hull of a boat using curviloft, and it looks ok. I would like to add a thickness to this shape.
I have tried using the joint push pull tool but it just becomes a mess.
What's the best way to add thickness to such a curved shape?
thanks for peoples thoughts.
jasemilly
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JUST move the mesh and connect the corners.
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Why did it become a mess using JPP? Did you hit Tab when you first selected the tool and change the default Erase.... to Keep original faces? Personally, I think that would be a far more useful default, but I can't see any way to change it.
I've never really had much problem with JPP on even quite complex shapes.If all else fails, you could group your original hull, then Copy, then Paste in Place. You could then Scale the copy to something like 99%...although length and width would probably need to be different to achieve a similar looking thickness all round. Once you have things looking reasonable, you can explode both groups, adjust the height of the inner hull so the gunwales line up, then stitch both hulls together.
You could also try Thomthom's Shell script
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@techdave02 said:
JUST move the mesh and connect the corners.
that's not really an offset though.
(for instance, try doing that technique to a cylinder) -
I am sure I was doing something wrong with the tool but as I pulled it out the shape it didn't happen uniformly.
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What's wrong with at least putting up a screen shot?
Are you working on the entire hull or just half?
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Whitout a file skp (V6) for more large audiance
How do you want that we can help efficientely?
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I was working on the full Hull, I didn't save it thought no point as it had become a real mess.
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Well next time just work on half of the hull. When you're finished, copy it and flip it to make the opposite side. Except in the case of proas and a few others, boat hulls are symmetrical along their centerline. It doesn't make any sense to do both sides at the same time doubling your work.
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Hi,
Dear community I need help.
I wanted to give this half hull a thickness. After completion of JPP, the outer shell is no longer available. Why? Am I doing something wrong?Charly
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Charly, are you saying the original surface is gone? If so, hit Tab before starting the Push/Pull operation and change the Finishing Options setting to keep the original faces.
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Thanks for your help Dave. That with the TAB I had forgotten.
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@alan fraser said:
Why did it become a mess using JPP? Did you hit Tab when you first selected the tool and change the default Erase.... to Keep original faces?
I've been copying and 'pasting in place' the original faces for the past few years!!!!! DOOOOHHHH!!!!
Thanks for this tip!
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