Add vertex/control points to object for vertex tool

arcomic

Hi there!

I'm Josh and a new SU-user.
I've spend almost one week now, to find all the plugins I need for my projects and Vertex Tools works very fine for me.
Now my perhaps stupid question:

Watching the tutorial video on youtube for the vertex tool you first see a flat mesh - I think its created with the onboard sandbox tool.
But the next thing is an extruded circle, like a tower. And it has all those control points on its surface!
How do I get that???

Thanks for your replies - I'm almost getting crazy...

cotty

like in this screencast?

arcomic

Hi, cotty,

thanks for your reply.
That looks to me like a workaround, it's not exactly like in the video I saw, because in the screencast its no more one object...
Have a look here at 2:00min...

Youtube Video – [01:52..]

cotty

With VertexTools, you can only edit vertices that are already there, so you have to create them before using the tool and the way in the screencast is a fast way to create such a cylinder. I'm not sure which difference you see in the two cylinders?

arcomic

For me it looks like if between the points there is only the hidden construction lines and not the complete cylinder cut in pieces. I think the object will behave different in further manipulations. And then if I have a more complicated surface with not enough vertex for good results with the vertex tool, I would like to push a button and add automatically more hidden geometry...

pbacot

That's what it is (the cylinder)--however produced. You can leave it with smoothed side lines and you just don't see the lines (they are smoothed in the VT video but shown in "hidden geometry". They act the same. You can add points with something like Artisan (pay) or curviloft "loft junctions between surfaces..." (Donation)

charly2008

Another possibility with the plugin Contour Lines.

cotty

You can have a look at FaceSplit...

cotty

Or the above mentioned Artisan...

arcomic

Wow!

ok, thank you guys
Will need some time to figure out!

arcomic

Now I can post a "result".
Everything you said works, I tried all plugins. Feels like holding a weapon now

My "tower" was a very fast created model - just to see, that I've understood..

THANKS AGAIN!