Smooth Shift - Polyloop

Butch · 30th December 2006, 02:44

Helo people!
Ive been playing a little with LW demo, its modeler and this one operation I found is just outstandig.
Basicly what it does is when you create a box you aplly smooth shift to it.
What it does it crates a smooth shaped cusion that would be ideal for modern sofas.
Now its NOT like when you crate a box and apply fillet to it!...it has that smooth small bublled look wich you find in all modern leader sofas.
Any command similiar in AMAPI maybe?

Thomas · 30th December 2006, 10:39

Do you have some screnshotS please? I'm not a master at all of LW

Piem · 30th December 2006, 10:55

I think that you can have the same kind of result with the:

NFFD, deformation cage (you can also edit it).

The trick : if you move twice a single point of the NFFD then go back the "cage" is preserved and then you can act directly with the standard tools (stretch, scale, rotate) no need to launch the nffd each time. (The DG must be switch ON)

Butch · 30th December 2006, 12:08

O.K. I did the same thing in AMAPI, well sort of.
Crated a box, chamfered it, and applied smoothing.
VOILA!

10 second work. Love that AMAPI

What would I like to do next is to try modify thoose chamfer points(maybe rotate them move them) to try experimenting with the shape, but I cannot:-(
Every time I grab a strech tool it selects only the points of the box.
Experienced users help!
Lets make this a furniture modeling thread

Piem, xcan you post a picture of what you mend.

Piem · 30th December 2006, 12:48

yup!
I answerd wrong, it's because I read

Quote:

What it does it crates a smooth shaped cusion that would be ideal for modern sofas

..and I know that designers love to find their own shapes.

See how it's easy to tweak your shape

Butch · 30th December 2006, 13:52

Wow!
Thats done with the deformation cage, but you tesselate it before to get few more CP, right?
Piem can you maybe write some kind of tutorial for modeling sofas.
I think that with your abilities its not much of a problem.

30th December 2006, 02:44	#1 (permalink)
Butch Extrusion Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 171	Smooth Shift Helo people! Ive been playing a little with LW demo, its modeler and this one operation I found is just outstandig. Basicly what it does is when you create a box you aplly smooth shift to it. What it does it crates a smooth shaped cusion that would be ideal for modern sofas. Now its NOT like when you crate a box and apply fillet to it!...it has that smooth small bublled look wich you find in all modern leader sofas. Any command similiar in AMAPI maybe?

30th December 2006, 10:39	#2 (permalink)
Thomas Always learning new stuff Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Merignac, France Posts: 11,319	Do you have some screnshotS please? I'm not a master at all of LW __________________ Polyloop owner & Administrator - no support by PM or email. Polyloop [EN/FR] - Meuuh [FR +16 ans] - Totyo [FR] - Pixologic [JOB] - Le ZBlog [JOB] - La3dpourlesnuls [FR]

30th December 2006, 10:55	#3 (permalink)
Piem Booh! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Rennes/fr Posts: 6,644	I think that you can have the same kind of result with the: NFFD, deformation cage (you can also edit it). The trick : if you move twice a single point of the NFFD then go back the "cage" is preserved and then you can act directly with the standard tools (stretch, scale, rotate) no need to launch the nffd each time. (The DG must be switch ON) __________________ - Sheik Yerbouti - Let love the Noise technimesh.com

30th December 2006, 12:08	#4 (permalink)
Butch Extrusion Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 171	O.K. I did the same thing in AMAPI, well sort of. Crated a box, chamfered it, and applied smoothing. VOILA! 10 second work. Love that AMAPI What would I like to do next is to try modify thoose chamfer points(maybe rotate them move them) to try experimenting with the shape, but I cannot:-( Every time I grab a strech tool it selects only the points of the box. Experienced users help! Lets make this a furniture modeling thread Piem, xcan you post a picture of what you mend. Attached Thumbnails

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30th December 2006, 13:52	#6 (permalink)
Butch Extrusion Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 171	Wow! Thats done with the deformation cage, but you tesselate it before to get few more CP, right? Piem can you maybe write some kind of tutorial for modeling sofas. I think that with your abilities its not much of a problem.