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Re: Lofting in 3ds Max
The fork is probably done with Deform Fit, or whatever its called. Lets you specify 3 shapes for left/front/top, then it figures out the intersection. Kinda works, but you get a fugly mesh. Sweep is the way to go. Good for branching caves and the like. Automatic UVs. Intersection mesh can be ugly, but easy to optimize. -
Re: Lofting in 3ds Max
How in the hell would you get a continuous spline that had multiple T-junctions, in the first place? You can't weld a new spline to a center vert in another spline without first breaking it, then it wouldn't let you weld all of them together. Daft I tell you DAFT! I think you would be stuck creating separate lofts. If he… -
Lofting in 3ds Max
Does anyone know if it is possible to create a loft object from a path spline that has one or more T-intersections? I did not think that it was possible but one of my co-workers claims he has seen it done. Any help would be much appreciated. -
Re: Lofting in 3ds Max
I remember way back in the stone ages when I was in school..one of our assignments was to make a fork using the loft tools..and there was a way in the spline tools to do it...dont remember how though -
Re: Lofting in 3ds Max
I don't think it will let you select a nurbs if it has been fused that way? I'll have to test it out in a few hours when I can get back to max. -
Re: Lofting in 3ds Max
well i still have the first new riders book for 3dsmax 1.0 and they build a fork in this manner I am sure. -
Re: Lofting in 3ds Max
you are probably right, I thought about fusing two nurbs (each made of one "line" of the T) -
Re: Lofting in 3ds Max
yeah i was gonna say try out sweep. i've used it for quick wall layouts combined with max 9s pro booleans. Autodesk showed the process at GDC this year as well. -
Re: Lofting in 3ds Max
Have a look at the sweep modifier perhaps, introduced in Max 7 or 8. You can have splines with several intersecting segments there. In that case you also have the option for an automated boolean union. Results vary -
Re: Lofting in 3ds Max
What are you trying to make using this technique? if you're box modeling have you tried using the extrude polygon along spline tool in edit poly?
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