ShrinkWrap

[Krisidious]

can I have a shrinkwrap script to make a shell out of any detailed model I have?

[RickW]

I don't have any objections

[juju]

sounds kinda sweet. looking forward to it then.

[CPhillips]

@krisidious said:

can I have a shrinkwrap script to make a shell out of any detailed model I have?

If you are asking because of SketchyPhysics you dont need it. The physics engine will turn a mesh into a convex hull. Or if you really do want the shrinkwrap you could use still SketchyP. Set the meshes shape to convex hull and use the Debug->Readback collision geometry option. That will create a wireframe shrinkwrap of the mesh.

Chris

[Krisidious]

what I want is a simple way to take a complex house model and make a shell that I can build many of in a development.

or a complex car made into a simple car.

[CPhillips]

@unknownuser said:

what I want is a simple way to take a complex house model and make a shell that I can build many of in a development.

or a complex car made into a simple car.

Ah. Nevermind then. That sounds hard to do.

Chris

[Krisidious]

I think a ray cast script would do it...

pick a point inside the model.

cast rays in every direction.

everything but the farthest point is deleted.

after an intersection command and an explode command

[AcesHigh]

That would be really interesting. There are many good uses to such script.

[AcesHigh]

[kwistenbiebel]

I haven't tested the option yet, but the SU2Fryrender has a function like that to get their instancing going.
It's not exactly the same but the complex component gets substituted by a low poly version so SU doens't choke on it.
At render export it will render the Hi poly version