[Bf-committers] GSoC 2016 Proposal for Solidify Modifier

[Campbell Barton]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 7:36 AM, Longhua Wu <wulonghua1030 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello there,
>
>
> My name is Longhua Wu, a first-year PhD student from The Ohio State
> University. I am very interested in the project "Higher quality solidify
> modifier". I notice that some other students have already posted their
> proposals. Well, I have some new thoughts and provide another solution to
> this problem. Here is my proposaldraft link:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/17k62c9wWbTZmN0wsyAVw6ySEHhcjpswU6lksp4MUMwU/edit?usp=sharing
> I
> am looking forward to mentors' feedback.

Hi Longhua,
Your proposed method seems to be performing a surface offset which
avoids self-intersections on the surface (which is an improvement).
But won't give a guaranteed minimum wall thickness.
Would be interested in more details about how you would handle more
complex/problematic shapes, eg:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~ideasman42/pics/line_offset_issue.png

> best,
>
> Longhua
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