Yes, a point in abstract math has no orientation, but this is not pure abstract math. Anyway, even if I select the first two points, I don't find any angle information from 1 to 2. (or is it 0 to 1?) Do I need to pull out my old calculator and figure out the angles myself?
I am finding that I have trouble predicting the surface without snapping the circle to the end of the sweep path. (If I use a rail construction, then the surface flattens when it turns.) I want it to the pipe/tube surface to keep its shape when it bends and turns. And I want to make multiple ones (like a set of conduits) that are controlled by a single cross section circle, if possible. (Hence, why I tried to use instances of the cross section circle. This works in C4D, just thought it might work here too.) Also, I find that the snapping instructions don't completely work if I try to snap the curves while they are in the surface mesh constructor level. I have to take them out of the mesh constructor, snap them, and then remake the surface. On 8/14/09, Matthias Kappenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > If I'm right you have to use here > some javascript or mapping. > > Matthias > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Henry Tjernlund" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:18 PM > Subject: Re: Rotation matching, and another question > > >> Also, is it possible to make an instance of a cross section curve for >> a sweep so that more than one pipe/sweep can share the same cross >> section shape so that only one curve needs to be edited to change the >> size/shape of multiple pipes (sweeps)? >> >> Not sure if my question is clear. I want to make several pipes that >> are the same size (cross section). I though if I used instances of the >> same circle then I could change only the master circle to change all >> their sizes (cross sections) at the same time, rather than use copies >> of the first circle and have to change all of them one at a time. >> >> Thanks, >> Henry >> >> -- >> -- >> Henry Tjernlund >> http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/browse.php?username=henrytj >> http://www.modelmayhem.com/HenryTjernlund >> http://imdb.com/name/nm2519729/ >> http://www.myspace.com/henrytj >> http://henrytj.deviantart.com/ >> > -- -- Henry Tjernlund http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/browse.php?username=henrytj http://www.modelmayhem.com/HenryTjernlund http://imdb.com/name/nm2519729/ http://www.myspace.com/henrytj http://henrytj.deviantart.com/
