to_po Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 hello people.. im working on a project with membrane structures, and i try to use a program to achieve a succesfull form..i would like to use cones mainly.. i saw formfinder and other programs but are really expensive for me, and also i cant make them on autocad..i allready work 3dsmax a bit , so i try to make my forms on this program... can anyone help me on what can i use to make a membrane like structure? i tried to play with meshes but i cant really achieve membrane structures... i saw a post by david barbarash, but i couldnt understand much!!!---(...You should look into "soft-selection" in the help menu. Create your shape, extrude it, collapse to a patch or some kind of solid and subdivide it. Then using soft selection, just grab the center point and pull up in the Z direction. Then just delete the faces in the center of the cone you've just created to get the opening....)-- please help!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jucaro Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 IMO and what i always use, NURBS is the way to go. I may have to dig up the sites and tutorials where i learned nurbs. The max help file has some basics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
to_po Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 i found out that its easy to play with meshes and soft selection to creat a nice form...the problem for the conic membrane is that i cant make the cycle on the top..u see i grab the vertices or the face on the top with soft selection and the peak is allways triangle or polygonal!! how can make a specific shape on the peak? cause vertices or faces make allways polygonal shapes!(or im wrong?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 could you post an image/screengrab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
to_po Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 i would like to make something like this...multiple circle peaks in the same mebrane...i think i have to make the form on 3dsmax and then import to autocad to complete the architectural project with dimensions etc..(autocad made my nerves broke with meshes!!!) my problem is to give to the peaks certain shapes, like circle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 I meant an image of your mesh you are working on. Well, if you are working by pulling vertices of a mesh using soft selection, cant you just use a circular selection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jucaro Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Here's how I'd do it. Tensile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
to_po Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 using the circular selection i can only select vertices or faces that are still polygonic..how can i make the peak full circle?? thanx people for your help!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 you will have to increase the subdivision to smooth it out I guess. Shw us a screengrab! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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