Using Splines

Cyph3r

Hey all, ive got a problem, im using splines to try and get a plane filled with holes but it just doesnt work out. i cant think of how to explain this properly so i got a screenshot:

dejawolf

sigh, remember having problems like this myself. i'm not sure, but it might have something to do with the ordering of things.
try attaching the circle grid to the surrounding shape.

Cyph3r

tried attaching in a different order, still doesnt work

Justin Meisse

If you're building the high poly model for normal mapping you can build the holes as seperate meshes and float them over the plane

Eric Chadwick

Try dividing the edges of the square a bunch in Editable Spline, the new vertices should help it triangulate better.

Cyph3r

no its not for normal mapping, and Eric, i tried dividing the square, still didnt work :(

Mark Dygert

Looks like a job for ProBolean to me...

Cyph3r

i wanted to stay away from booleans coz they make a mess

Eric Chadwick

Sometimes it takes just a subtle rearrangement of the sub-splines to make it work. Try adding an Edit Poly modifier on top of the Editable Spline, go back down to the spline to turn on Show End Result, then move around the sub-splines. Also, try decreasing the Interpolation amount?

Mark Dygert

Cyph3r wrote: »

i wanted to stay away from booleans coz they make a mess

Booleans, yes.
Pro Booleans not so much. With the Clean Vert script from James Haywood, it cuts the clean up time down to, just double checking.