Apply shape on object

[komyali]

I have object that is organic shape, and I want to apply on its surface tesselate object so when it repeats it fits perfectly on organic shape, is that possible to do with max? withouth populate panels...

[Zdravko Barisic]

Some screen shot or handy sckethces would be fine!

Pozdrav!

[Corey Beaulieu]

Screen shots will certainly help, but a few ideas would be to:

 

Copy your object in place, add a push modifier with a very slight amount and then map it using your tessellated spline pattern as a opacity map. This won't give you any thickness, but you may be able to get creative with a displacement modifier as well.

 

or

 

If you start over with your model. Use a box as your base. Copy this as a reference. Use the reference to model using modifiers (FFD, Twist, Skew, etc...) and be careful not to add or remove verts. You can use a spherify modifier if you need a sphere and just set the box's subdivision to what you will ultimately need. With this you then copy the final model in place and collapse the copy to Edit Mesh or Edit Poly. Now you can modify the original box to be your tessellated shape and the referenced copy should update. This is much harder and much more sensitive, but it should work. You should be able to add a shell at the end for any thickness you might need.

[komyali]

man, I cant belive max doesnt have that option, I need to wrap my object with some splines or other objects... cant belive its so complicated...

 

here is what I want green plane with caracteristic topography want to apply on that curved cilinder ? on this example topography is from max, I have my own created but I have no idea how to apply? I know how to do that with materials and displacement, but I hate displacement and all my work is without displacement. Looks like I need to start using it...

 

P.S. vray multiscatter? Maybe cloth modifyer, that would be interesting

Edited December 20, 2013 by komyali

[Corey Beaulieu]

If that cylinder is that shape you want, then just make a plane with the topography you want. A a bend modifier and roll it up into a tube. Then add a Squeeze Modifier. Then cap the ends with a cap holes.

[komyali]

heheheh nop its not it is organic shape, this is just example

 

it is like this but I dont have this plugin

[beestee]

There are some tools in max that will help with this...

[komyali]

nop, my topology is complicated and I lost 2 hours creating it, there is no other way than bend it 360* and modify it with modifier list

[Jose Negrete]

try this (its in beta)

 

http://populate3d.com/products/panels/

[komyali]

try this (its in beta)

 

http://populate3d.com/products/panels/

 

Read my first post...

 

anyway I finish my object without plugin

[Jose Negrete]

ah!...dang. cool