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PolyBevel Limited by surrounding edges?

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freule
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Hi,

I'm trying to chamfer some edges in a cactus model and add the chamfer intensity as a parameter in the subtool.

Problem is, when being divided the edge is either overlapping the smaller connections or limited by the minimum distance.

I've attached the same procedure in 3dsMax, for comparison, which is what I wanted.

Is there an easy way to make the Polybevel behave like this? I've changed all the configurations but nothing seems to do the trick.

Thanks!

Fernando Reule

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Houd_Chamfer_Cactus2.gif (3.9 MB)
3dsMax_Chamfer_Cactus2.gif (752.4 KB)

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Hi,

you can use the pscale attribute for example. I would use the minimum distance to a neighbour point, which edge is not inside edge group.

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bevel_pscale_nei.hipnc (172.9 KB)

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freule
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Hey thanks Aizatulin, I'll give this a try!

Fernando
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After I've tried it by myself again, I think scaling is not the right way here, because it is not working as expected. It should work, if you select "never" in "stop loops" combobox.
Edited by Aizatulin - Dec. 3, 2021 04:41:44

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Hey yeah, that second option does work way better! Thanks a lot, really appreciate it!

It is somehow weird that Houdini doesn't have that option by default, since this seems to be a very desirable way of chamfering edges, specially for organic models.

Thanks again!
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