Self Intersecting Line?

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Rebus B: Member; 80 posts; Joined: June 2013; Offline

July 27, 2016 2:34 p.m.

Is it possible to add points to a line where it self intersects? Clip doesn't work, it just cuts it in half.

Looking for something that will make the polyexpand2d work given a (polygon?) line generated as follows:

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Doudini: Member; 333 posts; Joined: Oct. 2012; Offline

July 27, 2016 3:41 p.m.

the SOP curvesect will do that. just plug in the same line and then it will need a fuse SOP too at the end.
after that the polyexpand should work.


Rebus B: Member; 80 posts; Joined: June 2013; Offline

July 27, 2016 5:21 p.m.

Works great!

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TwinSnakes007: Member; 603 posts; Joined: July 2013; Offline

July 29, 2016 4:27 p.m.

First, thanks for the screen shots, I was able to achieve the same result.

This technique has great procedural potential beyond polyexpand, especially when your source is created in VEX.

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BabaJ: Member; 2036 posts; Joined: Sept. 2015; Offline

July 29, 2016 8:52 p.m.

Lol I thought I would be able to get it by looking at the screenshot, but no luck.

Spent over 20 minutes fudging around with the last 3 nodes.


TwinSnakes007: Member; 603 posts; Joined: July 2013; Offline

July 29, 2016 10:14 p.m.

If the OP doesnt mind, I'll post a quick video.

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