[Bf-funboard] Proposition: Function to change the profile of curves, paths and meshes.

bürgi bf-funboard@blender.org
Thu, 4 Mar 2004 14:48:44 +0100


thx
Sorry was thought as a proposal the questions were only because i was not
sure.
the next time i'll ask in a forum if my proposal is available yet.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fabrizio" <ilac@maltanet.net>
To: <bf-funboard@blender.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Bf-funboard] Proposition: Function to change the profile of
curves, paths and meshes.


> Do you mean along the path? or Rotate the whole profile?
>
> To rotate the profile just do so IN edit mode (TAB). And it will then
rotate
> along the entire path.
>
> I don't thinks it's possible to rotate the profile along the path with
> variation (ie. screw). Might make for a good feature request - especially
if
> the rotation can be controlled with an ipo! (and animated too!!)  :o)
> Hint hint! ;o)
>
> One other thing - the funboard mailist is for discussion of features etc.
> For user related questions it would be better to turn to
> http://www.elysiun.com/forum/index.php  A search on those forums will most
> likely provide you with a lot of the answers you need in more detail and
> quicker too! :o)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "bürgi" <pat_buergi124@gmx.de>
> To: <bf-funboard@blender.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 6:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [Bf-funboard] Proposition: Function to change the profile of
> curves, paths and meshes.
>
>
> > Ok thanks the bevob solution is the right one, althought it's a little
bit
> > inflexible, bacause you cannot set the rotation of the Bevel. Or is
there
> > one? But thx that will make my life easier.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Fabrizio" <ilac@maltanet.net>
> > To: <bf-funboard@blender.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 5:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Bf-funboard] Proposition: Function to change the profile
of
> > curves, paths and meshes.
> >
> >
> > > You can already use any curve as the profile shape of any other curve.
> > Just
> > > put the name of the profile curve in the 'BevOb:' space of the path
> guide.
> > >
> > >
> > > >Subject: [Bf-funboard] Proposition: Function to change the profile of
> > > curves, paths and >meshes.
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > i'm not sure, perhaps there is a possibility, but nevertheless i
think
> > its
> > > > worth to be discussed:
> > > > i often searched a function that "inflate" paths an curves, but not
> only
> > > > with a circle as profile but also with any shape(curve) you want. So
> for
> > > > example you have a bezier curve or a mesh in s-form. now you make an
> > > square
> > > > make it child of the s-curve/s-mesh and this function creates an
> > s-shaped
> > > > mesh with a square-profile.
> > > > What do you think of this idea? I often missed this function, eg. if
> you
> > > > want to make a handle of a cup, i know, that there might be other
ways
> > of
> > > > modelling a handle, but this way is very easy.
> > > >
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