I didn't even notice that bent corner, it was so small! I fixed that but I'm still unable to make anything work. I've tried everything and at this point I'm going to have to give up unless someone else is able to figure out how to impose a grid with the cone shape I have.
I'm just going to assume that my target surface geometry is too complex for flowify.
I should have been more clear, my apologies:
The multicurve 1/4 cone shape is the target surface, not the source geometry. That, and the connector edges and projection plane are their own groups, within the single support group. My source geometry is in a separate group, which i included in the png this time. Hopefully the image makes it more clear.
I've tried reorienting the projection plane and connector edges in different ways, and tried to change how the hidden geometry of the target surface is structured, with no luck still.
And if anyone's curious, the end goal is an ornate fan vault. This is based in Gothic architecture but I wanted to incorporate elements of eastern architecture as well. The 1/4 cone section will be rotated into a full cone, which will tessellated in a grid. The bottom of the cone is supported by a column. If i figure this out I'll post finished product perspectives!
Hello,
I'm attempting to project a 3D tracery pattern onto a curved surface using flowify. I have my projection plane, target surface, and connection edges groups in a support group, and I'm fairly certain it was arranged correctly. The problem is I'm not able to impose a grid.
In the attached .skp file you can see that this surface is a 1/4 portion of a cone. I excluded the source geometry for the sake of file size, and since I'm not even able to use it yet. The .png shows the hidden geometry of the target surface.
I read that the target surface has to be a "rectangular quad grid", and that the projection grid has to have "similar topology". Is my target surface geometry incompatible with flowify? Is there an alternative plugin or at least a different way I can build my model to make flowify work for this cone shape?
I've been toiling over this for days trying different approaches with no luck, if anybody has alternative solutions I'd be really grateful.
I'm in the process of turning a 2D design pattern into 3D openwork tracery. What I've been doing is using the Follow Me tool for each individual curve. I've been trying to find a different method that would save time by allowing me to take a 2D profile and extrude it on all of the selected curves instead of doing each one at a time. Attached picture is results after 30-40 minutes of work using follow me.
The closest thing I've found is the lines to tubes plugin, but that obviously only creates cylinders. I've used Extrude Tools a lot for my work; extrude edges by faces sounds like what I need but that specific tool doesn't seem to work at all.
If anyone has a solution please let me know.
Hi,
I'm having an issue imposing a grid on a curved 3D surface. I have the projection plane group, target surface group, and connection edge group, all in one group. When I select the entire group and do extensions > flowify > impose grid, in order to check to see if it all works right, I dont get a grid. I adjusted the target surface so that there isnt overlapping geometry (which is barely present at the bottom of the cone) but that still didn't make a difference.
My target surface group uses a radial grid and not a rectangular grid in its hidden geometry, is this the problem? When I try it using a target surface with simpler rectangular geometry it works fine.
