Member adamdaly Posted August 13, 2010 Member Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 Hi, i'm trying to modify a mesh, scaling one end so that the object tapers in a linear way. Using the pose tool though gives the object a curve from one end to the other. Is there any method to do this correctly or a tool like a ffd cage. thanks adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted August 15, 2010 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 Hi, i'm trying to modify a mesh, scaling one end so that the object tapers in a linear way. Using the pose tool though gives the object a curve from one end to the other. Is there any method to do this correctly or a tool like a ffd cage. thanks adam Right now, you don't have a FFD cage for a model that you import/merge, but primitives only. Maybe that would be a good future feature request. There is supposedly a way to place obj's in the primitives folder in the 3DC directory (there is a button in the parameters panel named "More Primitives?"and clicking that will give you info on how to do it) and have a FFD cage applied to it, but when I tried I couldn't get it to work as expected...maybe you will have better luck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Spiraloid Posted August 16, 2010 Advanced Member Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Hi, i'm trying to modify a mesh, scaling one end so that the object tapers in a linear way. Using the pose tool though gives the object a curve from one end to the other. Is there any method to do this correctly or a tool like a ffd cage. thanks adam why not make it a curve mesh and then draw a curve with two points and scale the points? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor artman Posted August 16, 2010 Contributor Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 why not make it a curve mesh and then draw a curve with two points and scale the points? ...if he saves the curve preset with enough spacing so to get a single copy between 2 points it would work for sure. Thats very clever,I would never have thought of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member moska Posted August 16, 2010 Advanced Member Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 i would try the more primitives option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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