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General Category => General Anim8or Forum => Topic started by: Gregory on November 14, 2008, 12:31:57 am
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I've made a cross-section of a railroad track, and extruded it along a curved path to create a railroad line. How do make it so the extrusion is denser so the curves are smoother?
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Why not try subdividing it by 1.
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Because that will in addition to increasing the number of segments perpendicular to the the path, my goal, increase the number along the path, creating a lot of unnecessary polys.
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Then, do one thing while drawing the path to extrude, include more segments in the path itself i.e. the path itself should contain more segments.
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That is a useful suggestin for the future. This path is already drawn and I cannot duplicate it. Even with fewer points the path segements are the same space apart.
How can I have anim8or make more cuts per segment?
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That will again increase the poly count. Try smoothing the angle.
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Look at the attachment I posted. Where the black lines I drew intersect the track, I want anim8or to put extra cuts. That's it.
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Exactly man, for that you need to draw the path again and whenever there is a bend in the path include more vertices close enough to get the required smoothness and extrasegments.
Of course to the best of my knowledge, this should work.
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As I said before I cannot redraw the path.
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Go into point mode select the knife tool and cut where you want intersections.
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That doesn't work on the path, only the model.
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Select the "Path Edit" tool to edit any part of your path. If you doubleclick a segment between points, you can edit the number of "subsegments", if you doubleclick a point, you can edit its properties...
It's all in the manual btw: http://www.anim8or.com/manual/3_object_editor.html#splines (http://www.anim8or.com/manual/3_object_editor.html#splines)