GBarrett Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Need help with the next step here. I have a 12'x 40' drawn with three projector blended. I want to convert this to a curved screen of the same dimensions. I have drawn the ideal arc for the curved screen and extruded it to the height of the original screen surface. You will see the original screen bisecting the extruded arc. Ideally, I would like the extruded arc to replace the straight screen. I feel I am approaching this the wrong way or I'm missing a basic function here... so I'm asking for input. Would I be better served creating a cylinder and trimming an arc out of it's inner face? Can I define this object as a screen surface? Look forward to your input. Thanks in advance. Greg Quote Link to comment
C. Andrew Dunning Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Greg - 1) As you've discovered, at the present time, Blended Screen/VS4-Blended Screen only create flat screens. Curved screens are on several wish lists; we simply haven't gotten there, yet. 2) Though far from automatic, the best solution I've seen is to create 2 objects: an extruded arc (converted to NURBS) for the curved screen and a Blended Screen/VS4-Blended Screen object that equals the dimensions of your curved screen, should it be flattened out. Insert Projectors with your intended settings and then move them from the flat screen to the curved screen - rotating as you go. Like I said, far from automatic. If any one else has better ideas, I, too, would love to hear them, as this is a question I've gotten before. Quote Link to comment
bcd Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 As Andrew suggests, Also - for your screen image you can either have it on the flat screen with a semi-transparent texture applied to the Nurbs to suggest its presence or apply your image as a texture to the Nurbs. Quote Link to comment
GBarrett Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 Thanks Both. Quote Link to comment
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