conform a line to another

[alessandro.eu]

Hi,

 

I have to model a building like the green volume.

Already made by hand with polymodeling but I was wondering if there is a more precise approach.

 

what I'm trying to do is to conform a spline (the elevation) to another (the plan),

the starting point is an "unwrapped" elevation that needs to conform to the curved plan.

 

any suggestion?

 

[John Dollus]

If it's an unwrapped elevation, seems using a subdivided plane (quad base mesh is needed for the deform modifier) as the base, shape merging the spline and then using a path deform modifier on the resulting mesh and adding a shell modifier would work and give you an accurate result preserving the ability to edit both the elevation and plan afterward if needed.

Edited April 15, 2014 by John Dollus

[alessandro.eu]

If it's an unwrapped elevation, seems using a subdivided plane (quad base mesh is needed for the deform modifier) as the base, shape merging the spline and then using a path deform modifier on the resulting mesh and adding a shell modifier would work and give you an accurate result preserving the ability to edit both the elevation and plan afterward if needed.

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wow seems great!

 

I tried a bit but I'm already stuck with shape merge modifier

 

I extruded the line on the ground and shape merged the elevation but It doesn't wrap the elevation to the spline on the ground. It seems that it performs a perpendicular projection on the surface.

 

[alessandro.eu]

Ok sort of figured out,

 

You used shape merge to cut the curve on the surface you used as elevation and then applied the path deform to it.

I noticed that the top faces are not clean so I drew the curve on the elevation by hand (without using shape merge) just moving the vertices of the mesh with a better result.

 

The only problem I have is that the gizmo of the Path Deform is in a strange position so I had to rotate it by hand (not really accurate) .

 

why you used an xform modifier?

[John Dollus]

I used the xform modifier so the path deform gizmo wouldn't end up in a strange position

 

I've been swamped lately so i couldn't swing back around to do a step by step but sounds like you have it worked out

[alessandro.eu]

thank you John,

 

took me a bit of time but seems to work