barnes2000 Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 I know I can loft two rail curves and a profile curve, or two profile curves and a rail curve, but is there a way to loft two rail curves and Multiple profile curves? I'm creating a rock wall by drawing the top edge of the wall and the bottom edge of the wall. Then I draw a profile of the wall and loft it to create the rock wall, but I want there to be different profiles along the way so as to create a more uneven rocky wall. Is there a way to do this? Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 what about using several curves and lofting without a rail Quote Link to comment
barnes2000 Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 Unfortunately this makes the wall too linear. I'm looking to have multiple organic shaped nurbs curves for both the Rail and Profile curves. Here are three images. 1 and 2 show the before and after of using two rail curves and one profile. The third image is showing how I would like to add more profile curves to make the wall even more rock like, but I can't find a way to do this. Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Try >divide the top & bot rail curves then apply different Profiles. The result will be mismatched intersections where the Profiles misalign... and this is exactly the condition which will invalidate the procedure. The secret is to get those Profiles to align properly... something the Lofting Procedure will not do with multiple Profiles. Do it manually by manipulation of the NURBS surface mesh is one option. Or use the DTM Procedures which are designed to create "Rock-esque" surfaces from multiple contour profiles and/or 3dLoci elevation points. Quote Link to comment
Charlie_P Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Could use the Model - 3D power pack - create drape surface command? Draw out your rock face lumps and bumps horizontally, use the drape surface command to "lay a tablecloth" over them then flip it to vertical Here's one I did accidentally the other day... Quote Link to comment
barnes2000 Posted April 14, 2008 Author Share Posted April 14, 2008 Thanks guys. I'm going to try these ideas. Quote Link to comment
alexwoody Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 hi im a little new to vectorworks and have been getting to grips with the loft tool and the revolve rail tool. I have wrapped two floors of an atrium using these tools. The bottom using loft and capped it using the revolve rail tool. However i am having trouble punching holes through the structure to create walkways and balconies. please help!... Quote Link to comment
alexwoody Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 i have worked out how to punch through extruded blocks but i cant seem to subtract a solid through the shape i have made using the revolve rail tool. hope this explains a little better Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 check your Object Info Palette on the loft object. Make sure when you select the object that it is not a group. Quote Link to comment
alexwoody Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 thanks alot im sure it wont be the last question! ...its the little things like that that i just dont know.....which makes life a little hard. Quote Link to comment
barnes2000 Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 So I found the missing ingredient to my rock walls. The lofting works great, but then I add a nice bump map and texture map to get this.... Thanks for everyones help. Quote Link to comment
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