Rob Verweijne

Thanks for the tips. Much appreciated!

Great solution Doodlez. Thanks . On top of that I also found out that I do not have to use a polycap. In the skin node I turned on Keep Primitives.

Hi,

I am new to Houdini and have gone through several modeling tutorials which SideFX offer on their website. I am currently looking into modeling basic arches which, after they have been setup, can easily be adjusted.
I'm looking into turning that into an HDA for a project I have in mind.

I have been experimenting and modeled arches using three different methods: a Polyextrude, a Sweep/Skin combination and a Bend modifier.

My personal favorite is the sweep/skin method. But there is one problem with his technique I cannot seem to solve: I cannot seem to get the first and last vertex of the arch to sit flat on the ZX-plane without manually editing them. I just feel it can probably be solved in a more productive way.

Could someone point me into the right direction to solve this problem?

I attached a HIP file containing those three different methods to setup arches. Pretty self explanatory.