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Bas Vellekoop

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  1. Hi,

    Been to Rome 2 weeks ago and saw there a beautiful little church with a beautiful dome.

    At the moment I'm trying to recreate the dome with the surface array tool.

    But this is not so easy as I thought.

    Surface array does some weird things.

    1: If I have planar object inside the surface array and I extrude them in the "edit array items" command then the object aren't visible in open gl, only wireframe. I have to restart Vectorworks to make them visible.

    (I use this workflow to keep the model easy to handle when I'm changing al the parameter's in the OIP. If I start with 3d geometry the computer has to 'think' a lot)

    2:unwanted overlapping geometry in 2d and 3d at the starting point of the circle where the dome is based on.

    SOLVED: changed the repetition mode to numbers instead of fixed distance.

    ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=10863&filename=unwanted overlapping geometry.jpg

    3:unwanted visible geometry in opengl and fast renderworks. Hiddenline and wireframe are fine

    ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=10862&filename=unwanted geometry 1.jpg

    4 trim of 2d and 3d geometry:

    - turned of classes vissible

    - unwanted geometry from the turned of classes

    - unwanted holes

    - etc.

    ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=10860&filename=trim 2d.jpg

    ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=10861&filename=trim 3d.jpg

    THE FILE:

    https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=32CFE4BC519E6AD2!5955&authkey=!AMp6tJ3cFvL72-g&ithint=file%2c.vwx

  2. At the moment working with the different duplicate modes.

    This could have a overhaul.

    Could the different duplcate modes be interactive like surface array?:

    -possibilty to change/edit the array item

    -possibilty to select a object (urface/line/nurbs/extrusion/etc.) to array over

    -array several different object/symbols at the same time (bit like the tile resource but then creating real geometry)

    -possibility to resize a object/symbol in duplicate along path mode

    -possibility to rotate a object/symbol in duplicate along path mode

    -possibility to random array items/symbol over a surface/line/nurbs/extrusion/etc.

    -possibility to random resize items/symbol over a surface/line/nurbs/extrusion/etc.

    - scale object/symbols when the are closer to a certain object like a 3d locus but keeping the pattern.

    ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=10505&filename=isfahan%20lotfallah%20mosque.jpg

    Mograph from Cinema 4D is a good example of certain possibilties that could be useful for Vectorworks as well.

    Examples of things this could be usefull for:

    - duplicate tables in a interior without having to rotate every table to make it look random

    - plant and threes in 2d/3d to give them a more natural look.

    - creating islamic inspired patterns.

    - etc.

  3. Thanks for the help Benson and the clear explination!

    I tried the cheater approach, but somenthing went wrong. I only saw in wireframe the nurbscurves, in open gl there was nothing. I will give it another try.

    I dicovered the combine tool. Its great that it makes fluid transitions between two different nurbssurfaces. Really nice and easy.

    Its a pitty that the push/pull tool and the normale extrude doesnt Worms on nurbes, do hou know why that is?

  4. Tryed it like Benson.

    That works fine, but it`s strange that the other way doesnt work?

    Maybe has Jim an answer on why this doenst works?

    Included the file with the curves. Changing the direction of the curves doesnt work as wel if you want to shell a nurbs surface that is created by 'create surface from curves'

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