grant_PD Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 I want to work with the surface array tool, but when I go to extract the surface of my extrude I get 4 surfaces. If I add them, I get a solid addition that won't work with the array command. How do I make these surfaces into 1 thing? Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Hi Grant, That's a hard question to answer without seeing the surfaces and understanding the surface you're trying to extract. Is there a way to cut away the "surface" you need a as a thin solid, rather than extracting? Kevin Quote Link to comment
grant_PD Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 This is the shape. I want the extruded part not the top cap. Yes, I could do it old school, but I thought this would be a good time to surface array! 1 Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 I don't think that the extract tool will ever let you get one nurbs surface that is the entire side all the way around. But you can easily do it with the loft surface tool. Draw the rounded rectangle. Convert to nurbs. Switch to a front view. Draw a line on top of the nurbs curve who's length is the desired height. Convert to nurbs. Switch to an isometric view. Loft Surface Tool > second mode. Click on the rounded rectangle nurbs curve then on the line, then click the green checkmark. In the next dialog box make sure you leave Create Solid unchecked. This will give you a nurbs curve that will work as the base of a surface array. 1 Quote Link to comment
grant_PD Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 Boom there you go. Thanks Michael! It's a shame you can't stitch them together when you extract surfaces. I hate building things twice. But still, that was quick and easy. 4 Quote Link to comment
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