Smoothing and Dynamic Geometry - Polyloop

rendererer · 16th November 2004, 21:10

I have a question about using smoothing with dynamic geometry.

I have created a polygonal object. I add smoothing. I adjust the tension on some of the edges. Now I want to edit the polygonal object. I see that I can move the points around, but what I really want to do is to add and remove sections. As far as I can tell, I can only do this if I remove the smoothing - and throw away all of my tensioning. To me this seems to negate the whole purpose of dynamic geometry. If I can't go back and edit the underlying object, what is DG for?

Or am I (hopefully) missing something?

Thanks,

- Joe

Shonner · 17th November 2004, 05:29

I meant to say Stretch instead of Move.

rendererer · 17th November 2004, 19:34

Thanks, Shonner. This works nicely. But how can I perform a sweep (extrusion) on the original object, to add major new bumps to it? When I try to performa a sweep it sometimes works, and sometimes I end up in a situation where I'm not allowed to do the sweep, because the smoothing has created "markers". Again, thanks in advance if you can help clarify this for me.

16th November 2004, 21:10	#1 (permalink)
rendererer Vertex Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 11	Smoothing and Dynamic Geometry I have a question about using smoothing with dynamic geometry. I have created a polygonal object. I add smoothing. I adjust the tension on some of the edges. Now I want to edit the polygonal object. I see that I can move the points around, but what I really want to do is to add and remove sections. As far as I can tell, I can only do this if I remove the smoothing - and throw away all of my tensioning. To me this seems to negate the whole purpose of dynamic geometry. If I can't go back and edit the underlying object, what is DG for? Or am I (hopefully) missing something? Thanks, - Joe

17th November 2004, 05:29	#2 (permalink)
Shonner Extrusion Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 190	I meant to say Stretch instead of Move. __________________ Shonner

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17th November 2004, 19:34	#3 (permalink)
rendererer Vertex Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 11	Thanks, Shonner. This works nicely. But how can I perform a sweep (extrusion) on the original object, to add major new bumps to it? When I try to performa a sweep it sometimes works, and sometimes I end up in a situation where I'm not allowed to do the sweep, because the smoothing has created "markers". Again, thanks in advance if you can help clarify this for me.