Hello,
How can I have a continuous deformation on a closed curve ?
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Thank you
Path Deform on closed curve
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Hi,
your pathdeformer is not working for me, but I've tried it with another one and it ran into the same problem. But after I've used an open curve (instead closed one), which is closed at the end points and both tangents (start and end) equals in direction (with opposite sign), then it works for me. Here is my modification. You can see, that you can perform rotations (scales etc…) along the path aswell, but make sure that start/end values corresponds to eachother.
your pathdeformer is not working for me, but I've tried it with another one and it ran into the same problem. But after I've used an open curve (instead closed one), which is closed at the end points and both tangents (start and end) equals in direction (with opposite sign), then it works for me. Here is my modification. You can see, that you can perform rotations (scales etc…) along the path aswell, but make sure that start/end values corresponds to eachother.
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@Aizatulin, Thank you.
Now a newbie question
: What's the way to change my start/end points on a straight line from my curve. I've tried to shift, etc.. without success.
@BabaJ, thank you also for your options, it give me of course a cleaner result, the only downside is that it only work with my duplicated cube shape and that I need to select manually face to bridge or create group.
Other option more straightforward I've found is the orbolt asset “splineWrapNH”, but it pin my corner
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I think I need to round corner also here like you do @Aizatulin but also need to manually tweak my curve before.
Now a newbie question
: What's the way to change my start/end points on a straight line from my curve. I've tried to shift, etc.. without success.@BabaJ, thank you also for your options, it give me of course a cleaner result, the only downside is that it only work with my duplicated cube shape and that I need to select manually face to bridge or create group.
Other option more straightforward I've found is the orbolt asset “splineWrapNH”, but it pin my corner
.I think I need to round corner also here like you do @Aizatulin but also need to manually tweak my curve before.
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@BabaJ, thank you also for your options, it give me of course a cleaner result, the only downside is that it only work with my duplicated cube shape and that I need to select manually face to bridge or create group.
With some modifications, it could work with other shapes and changed so you don't have to select the prim faces manually.
There are other methods too that don't use the boolean nodes like I showed also.
It just all depends on what you really want in the end.
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Hi,
a quick and dirty solution related to this example can be moving your first point between P0 and P1. After this you can add a new point/vertex to same position. It should work for all open poly splines. Another solution (not implemented yet
) can be a modification of the path deformer (that handles special case of closed poly splines but it will only work if you have access to the code etc…) or modifying the round tool (it was meant to be used for open poly spline only).
a quick and dirty solution related to this example can be moving your first point between P0 and P1. After this you can add a new point/vertex to same position. It should work for all open poly splines. Another solution (not implemented yet
) can be a modification of the path deformer (that handles special case of closed poly splines but it will only work if you have access to the code etc…) or modifying the round tool (it was meant to be used for open poly spline only).
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Hi Aizatulin,
Your solution is good and I see difference with rounded curve of polybevel vs your one !
The path deformer is editable so if I take time I can probably modify it to handle the closed curve case and why not even make corner less pined or/and with your rounded option.
Thank you very much to you and @BabaJ for your time.
Your solution is good and I see difference with rounded curve of polybevel vs your one !
The path deformer is editable so if I take time I can probably modify it to handle the closed curve case and why not even make corner less pined or/and with your rounded option.
Thank you very much to you and @BabaJ for your time.
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