litebrite Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 I have a series of Lines and Arcs that I need to combine into a Solid Surface so I can render it. Any suggestions. Thanks in Advance Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Use the Compose Tool but be careful to only create 1 object. If more than 1 object is created then first Convert to Lines and Join the segment gap(s) and then SelectAll >Compose. Now , if a polyline is created then you will need to Convert to Lines again and then Compose ... making sure that the object is 'Closed' in the OIP ( otherwise the object only renders the perimeter not surfaces ). Quote Link to comment
propstuff Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Now , if a polyline is created then you will need to Convert to Lines again and then Compose ... making sure that the object is 'Closed' in the OIP ( otherwise the object only renders the perimeter not surfaces ). This is not correct. A polyline does not need to be converted to lines and re-composed in order to render the surface. If an Open polyline is extruded you will extrude only the edge, but that can be closed with the last mode of the 2D reshape tool and the surface will extrude. In either case, the polyline will render. In neither case does the surface need to be converted to lines. N. Quote Link to comment
Kaare Baekgaard Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Also use 'Decompose' instead 'Convert to Lines', when you need to fix a composed object. If you convert to lines, all arcs and bezier objects will be faceted. Decompose keeps the curves. Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Nicholas, thanx for the clarification ... Quote Link to comment
litebrite Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 Okay guys! So I got the one Polyline shape...but when I try to render it with a texture from the library it doesn't render, but I can fill it with solid colors. I've tried to render it as both a polyline as well as an extrude. Any other suggestions Quote Link to comment
litebrite Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 Nevermind...I converted it to a 3-D poly and had a solid fill and it worked...atleast for now. Quote Link to comment
litebrite Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 Now is there anyway to make Text 3-D so that it stays in the correct location as I change views? Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Yep - check out Text Along Path and True Type to Polyline Commands in the Upgrade companion/online help for specific information. Quote Link to comment
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