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    Curviloft (Beta) Plugin Tutorial

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    • C
      czloser
      last edited by

      so cool

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        jbrfrk
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        thank u so much charle

        J=K

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          tfdesign
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          This is a great thread, but is anyone else experiencing problems with pages loading, supposedly because of the sheer amount of image files having to load? I'm finding this thread pretty slow to view. 😞

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            robert111
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            charly can you make tuot for this modeling with subdivide and smooth
            thanks charly


            011.PNG

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            • charly2008C
              charly2008
              last edited by

              Hi Curviloft Fans,

              some CurviArt variations from a basic form.

              Charly


              2011-06-26_140213.jpg


              Unbenannt-1.jpg


              Curvi3.jpg


              Curvi5.jpg

              He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                jose-91
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                very impressive. thanks for posting these examples!

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                • brookefoxB
                  brookefox
                  last edited by

                  Thanks, Charly. I hope to tame the powerful beast with the insights you have shared, or at least not be consumed by it.

                  ~ Brooke

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                  • brookefoxB
                    brookefox
                    last edited by

                    When I've got the transitions previewed (in black), I find I am unable to orbit to really inspect the thing (like you do, Rich, in your demo tuts). If I try the operation is cancelled. Is there a secret?

                    ~ Brooke

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                      lapx
                      last edited by

                      Charly,

                      I have an irregular column shape I'm trying to make using curviloft. Stitching the circle and the shapes together should have worked but it did not. Do the segments on each shape have to be equal in number?
                      also the top of the planter is not flat it should be from with a curve in the z plane. Not certain how I would construct this.
                      How can this be done? See attached skp file.


                      column.skp

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                      • TIGT
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Lapx

                        Is this the result you seek?
                        Select the three 'profiles' of edges and run CurviLoft.
                        The initial result might be somewhat twisted, because the top circle's 'start' is rotated relative the the 'starts' of the other curves... but you can easily relocate that point around the curve in the tool.... before committing to the form...


                        Capture.PNG

                        TIG

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                        • brookefoxB
                          brookefox
                          last edited by

                          The start point may not matter depending on the Vx setting.

                          Note the black previews which if I orbit during, causes the whole operation to be discarded.

                          The first pics show 1,2,3 from the bottom up.

                          curviloft-loft by spline-post-1.JPG

                          curviloft-loft by spline-post-1a.JPG

                          curviloft-loft by spline-post-1b.JPG

                          Here from the top down.

                          curviloft-loft by spline-post-2.JPG

                          curviloft-loft by spline-post-3.JPG

                          ~ Brooke

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                          • micioneM
                            micione
                            last edited by

                            Hi all,
                            Watching this tutorial, I found the window (red arrow) in the photo.
                            Does anybody know tell me the path to find it?
                            Thanks in advance

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                            • micioneM
                              micione
                              last edited by

                              Sorry,
                              photo.


                              curviloft.jpg

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                              • charly2008C
                                charly2008
                                last edited by

                                Hi Roberto,

                                you will find it in the Tools menu.

                                Charly


                                2012-05-27_204412.jpg

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                                • micioneM
                                  micione
                                  last edited by

                                  Charly,
                                  Thank you very much.
                                  (I tried to send a private message, but evidently you have not received).

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                                    ccs1987
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                                    Awesome tutorials

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                                    • LanaL
                                      Lana
                                      last edited by

                                      Very good . I learned a lot here . Thank you all .

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                                      • sketchartist023S
                                        sketchartist023
                                        last edited by

                                        I have not been able to manipulate the GUI interface with this tool, so I am left with overlapping issues in my model 😕 I am not sure what to do, but wow this tool is amazing so far! My concept is taking a plane lettering and then using a half circle guide flow to reform it to a rectangle below the lettering facing the same direction. SO, just a morphed half loop from letter to poly. But always get overlapping and face issues since I cannot use the points on the GUI. I wish I could do this stuff above! Will keep trying 😄

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                                        • Dave RD
                                          Dave R
                                          last edited by

                                          If you'd like help, upload an example SKP file so we can see what you are trying to do.

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