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General Category => General Anim8or Forum => Topic started by: lppena on March 12, 2012, 05:19:24 am

Title: Can spline objects be converted to an editable mesh?
Post by: lppena on March 12, 2012, 05:19:24 am

I was playing around with the spline creation tool, but wanted to know if the spline can be closed and converted to a poly patch and extruded? Thanks, Leroy.

Title: Re: Can spline objects be converted to an editable mesh?
Post by: Raxx on March 12, 2012, 06:00:23 am

You can play with these tools in the Build menu: Fill, Lathe, Extrude. Easy enough to understand how they work. You can refer to the manual (here (http://anim8or.com/manual/3_object_editor.html#filling)) as well for an explanation of its usage.

Title: Re: Can spline objects be converted to an editable mesh?
Post by: lppena on March 12, 2012, 07:51:55 pm

Quote from: Raxx on March 12, 2012, 06:00:23 am

You can play with these tools in the Build menu: Fill, Lathe, Extrude. Easy enough to understand how they work. You can refer to the manual (here (http://anim8or.com/manual/3_object_editor.html#filling)) as well for an explanation of its usage.

Thanks Raxx, I guess I'm so used to doing things in Truespace that Anim8or is going to take some time to get used to. In TS it uses a polyline tool for both splines and nurbs patches. The manual is very helpful in figuring out how to do stuff in Anim8or.

Steve, did very good with the programs development, and I hope he has time to make it even better. I love simple to use modeling software. I mostly make models as a hobby for a real old video game called Battlezone II Combat commander, but a lot of the BZII modders use Studio Max 3D. I tried using it once but it's way to complicated compared to Anim8or or even TS.

Update: I made a solid from the spline using the fill tool. Now I can make a 2D outline of a model like I do in TS and extrude it to make the body parts of my models. Very cool indeed. ;D