[Bf-funboard] B?zier-based geometry

[Bassam Kurdali]

I used a:m back in the day. Bezier patches are very hard to work with, and subdivision surfaces are much better

On May 30, 2018 12:25:50 PM EDT, Gustav Ekenberg <gustav.ekenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> perhaps  are you talking about nurbs?
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>> I think you are looking for the surface objects:
>> https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/modeling/surfaces/index.html
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>> The 3d spline surfaces you are talking about are called NURBS.
>However,
>> they are generally hard to work with for many reasons you can read
>about -
>> including trimming, seams, and uv mapping.
>>
>> Subdivision surfaces are a type of curved surface which is modeled
>with a
>> polygon cage instead of following a spline. It is a bit like
>controlling
>> the spline points in 3d.
>>
>> In art and character modeling, it is more common to use subdivision
>> surfaces, or to model in NURBS and tesselate to polygons.
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>> NURBS are more commonly used for precise shape modeling, such as part
>> manufacturing, where precise shape control is important but uv
>mapping is
>> not.
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>Nurbs/surface objects are not exactly what I was looking for, but
>pretty close! Hash Animation:Master, like Howard Trickey pointed out,
>seems to have the kind of Bezier functionality I was looking for.
>Nurbs and subdivision surfaces could be an interesting alternative
>though, thanks for pointing me in this direction.
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