Lathe tool petition - Polyloop

juanxer · 25th January 2007, 00:57

Although I have read the manual and played with the sweep tool to emulate other 3D apps' lathe tools (and I understand how more flexible a tool it is), I still think having a traditional lathe tool in Amapi would be very advantageous: for modeling surface of revolution-type objects it simplifies things a lot not having to carefully adjust the profile to the section (actually, it would be interesting to have a lathe tool that actually derives an implicit profile). Defining an axis of revolution is far easier and quicker an operation. Also, it would help us create less that 360º-lathed objects more easily.

larsen · 25th January 2007, 10:08

I agree. That would be a very useful addiction to the Amapi toolset.

steve_j · 25th January 2007, 18:19

Yes, I would also like a lathe tool.

Grendel · 25th January 2007, 20:37

I have been wanting a dedicated lathe tool for quite awhile. Sweeping and double sweeping everything is extra work.

Pixelplucker · 25th October 2007, 17:15

You can make a control line for the profile and do the same thing as a lathe tool, lathe tool would be pretty much redundant.

juanxer · 25th October 2007, 21:16

Certainly, but that is rather cumbersome in comparison: while a lathe tool just needs one to draw an axis, the sweep one requires extra precision when defining the control line.

I know there is this philosophy of tool consolidation and so, but sometimes one wishes apps would make tools and things more inmediate and simple, even if it risks a bit of extra clutter. A separate Lathe Tool provides a better solution for very common modeling cases.

Pixelplucker · 28th October 2007, 20:25

I rember way back when using 3ds r4 and then max 1.0, the lathe tool created long faces on end caps that would render as a hole. One of the reasons why I used to do my modeling in Amapi then port out 3ds files. The triangulation on lofted or extruded objects are much cleaner than on a lathe tool. Maybe thats old school but for the 1 extra click, it never really bothered me. I think there are other bugs in apps like Hexagon where you continually need to draw down a menu for a particular tool option is far more annoying.

Is there going to be any further updates to 7 pro? I would like to see the uv and paint tools in that, or atleast have the ability to view textures on obects with even the basic projections.

juanxer · 11th November 2007, 00:37

(One would wish for some sort of official statement regarding Amapi 8: that the "Amapi Dev' Team" blog is there with its last entry before the disbanding of the team, frozen in time, is disconcerting)

caddict · 12th November 2007, 03:25

Hi Pixelplucker, how do you do that?

Quote:

You can make a control line for the profile and do the same thing as a lathe tool, lathe tool would be pretty much redundant.

What I want to do is to take a semicircle and rotate it through 90 degrees to get a perfect quarter sphere with the two flat faces at 90 degrees to each other.

When I try to do this with the sweep tool, I get an object like this where the faces are not at right angles and the shape is not regular. I thought maybe you had a solution

25th January 2007, 00:57	#1 (permalink)
juanxer Vertex Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 14	Lathe tool petition Although I have read the manual and played with the sweep tool to emulate other 3D apps' lathe tools (and I understand how more flexible a tool it is), I still think having a traditional lathe tool in Amapi would be very advantageous: for modeling surface of revolution-type objects it simplifies things a lot not having to carefully adjust the profile to the section (actually, it would be interesting to have a lathe tool that actually derives an implicit profile). Defining an axis of revolution is far easier and quicker an operation. Also, it would help us create less that 360º-lathed objects more easily.

25th October 2007, 21:16	#6 (permalink)
juanxer Vertex Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 14	Certainly, but that is rather cumbersome in comparison: while a lathe tool just needs one to draw an axis, the sweep one requires extra precision when defining the control line. I know there is this philosophy of tool consolidation and so, but sometimes one wishes apps would make tools and things more inmediate and simple, even if it risks a bit of extra clutter. A separate Lathe Tool provides a better solution for very common modeling cases. Last edited by juanxer; 11th November 2007 at 00:33.

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25th January 2007, 10:08	#2 (permalink)
larsen Vertex Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 27	I agree. That would be a very useful addiction to the Amapi toolset.

25th January 2007, 18:19	#3 (permalink)
steve_j Spline Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 37	Yes, I would also like a lathe tool.

25th January 2007, 20:37	#4 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,264	I have been wanting a dedicated lathe tool for quite awhile. Sweeping and double sweeping everything is extra work.

25th October 2007, 17:15	#5 (permalink)
Pixelplucker Boolean Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 91	You can make a control line for the profile and do the same thing as a lathe tool, lathe tool would be pretty much redundant.

28th October 2007, 20:25	#7 (permalink)
Pixelplucker Boolean Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 91	I rember way back when using 3ds r4 and then max 1.0, the lathe tool created long faces on end caps that would render as a hole. One of the reasons why I used to do my modeling in Amapi then port out 3ds files. The triangulation on lofted or extruded objects are much cleaner than on a lathe tool. Maybe thats old school but for the 1 extra click, it never really bothered me. I think there are other bugs in apps like Hexagon where you continually need to draw down a menu for a particular tool option is far more annoying. Is there going to be any further updates to 7 pro? I would like to see the uv and paint tools in that, or atleast have the ability to view textures on obects with even the basic projections.

11th November 2007, 00:37	#8 (permalink)
juanxer Vertex Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 14	(One would wish for some sort of official statement regarding Amapi 8: that the "Amapi Dev' Team" blog is there with its last entry before the disbanding of the team, frozen in time, is disconcerting)