Help! Going crazy! Plugin for smoothing lines?
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Need help!!! I've been on this for a week now. I want to know if there is a plugin that can help me smooth the lines, OR another way to create a mesh over the edges pictured. I need them to be more round and less triangular/jagged.
http://s147.photobucket.com/user/sk8er6/media/Help%20Ex%201.png.html
a close up of the problem, mutiplied by 7.
http://s147.photobucket.com/user/sk8er6/media/Help%20Ex%202.png.html
When I intersected the face I made using sandbox, it is a little rough, but very close to the shape I need. I need the face to be more round, almost ball like. I tried using curviloft with mixed results, and soap skin bubble doesn't come close. The lines are measured and fileted using 2D tools at 100 scale.
another view of the problem area:
http://s147.photobucket.com/user/sk8er6/media/Help%20Ex%204.png.html
http://s147.photobucket.com/user/sk8er6/media/Help%20Ex%203.png.html
^^^^ This bit is more cosmetic. The most important thing for this project is to smooth those slices so I can get them cut on a CNC router. Is there a tool thats good for this? I really want to somehow consistently smooth those segments, and then I am going to have to offset them then manually draw the rest of the face in order to create the bottom half of this mold.
Thanks,
sk8er6
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@sk8er6 said:
a close up of the problem, mutiplied by 7.
http://s147.photobucket.com/user/sk8er6/media/Help%20Ex%202.png.html
Is this edge to be smoothed a curve or segments?
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Beziers Curves by Fredo has a lot of tools for smooth, transform, change etc any curves lines!
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Thank you for the speedy responses!
@sdmitch said:
@sk8er6 said:
a close up of the problem, mutiplied by 7.
http://s147.photobucket.com/user/sk8er6/media/Help%20Ex%202.png.html
Is this edge to be smoothed a curve or segments?
Not totally sure what you mean... It was a line made from intersecting a sandbox, but I would like it to be a smooth curve. Or smooth segments. I just want a smooth profile I can have CNC'd.
@pilou said:
Beziers Curves by Fredo has a lot of tools for smooth, transform, change etc any curves lines!
Sounds cool, I'm checking it out now.
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Curvizard lets you smooth, or even simplify then smooth.
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When you click on it does the entire line get selected or just the segment you clicked on. It matters because curves have to be adjusted differently.
In this example, I use a 10 degree polynomial regression on the curve that is the top side of the face.
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@sdmitch said:
When you click on it does the entire line get selected or just the segment you clicked on. It matters because curves have to be adjusted differently.
It is just segments
@box said:
Curvizard lets you smooth, or even simplify then smooth.
^^^ That looked amazing.
Does anyone know of any other skinning tools or any tips to make the sandbox for this area more round?
It was this sandbox that caused the only weirdness in my drawing. I've used the sandbox before, but for some reason this time its giving me all kinds of trouble. Maybe I'm not using curviloft correctly.
Downloading curvizard now.
-sk8er6
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@sdmitch said:
When you click on it does the entire line get selected or just the segment you clicked on. It matters because curves have to be adjusted differently.
In this example, I use a 10 degree polynomial regression on the curve that is the top side of the face.
For some reason, I couldn't see your attachment until today. That looks like an amazing plugin.
I fixed the problem area by creating edges with a closed loop using sandbox, deleting the face, and then using Soap skin & bubble. The result was much smoother geometry.
The new tools will definitely help in the near future. Thanks to all for the input
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