topic Re: How to make modeled stitches follow a bended watch strap? in 3ds Max Modeling Forum

How to make modeled stitches follow a bended watch strap?

keith_brown — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 10:08:37 GMT

Hi!

I have a bunch of stitches that follows a spline using the Path Deform Binding modifier. Then a watch strap that's laying flat so atm it's easy to fit the stitches on. However, now I want to bend the strap and make the stitches follow along. How is this accomplished? 🙂

Re: How to make modeled stitches follow a bended watch strap?

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 10:57:56 GMT

You could extract a spline from a selected loop along the belt and then use path deform.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=path+deform

Re: How to make modeled stitches follow a bended watch strap?

keith_brown — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 11:30:56 GMT

Thanks for your reply!

In case of having it more dynamic, is it possible to make that spline always follow the way the watch strap is bent? Or will that extracted spline automatically follow?

Re: How to make modeled stitches follow a bended watch strap?

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:34:37 GMT

If you make the seams follow the belt then you can modify, deform or animate together as the geometry can be linked.

The process I explained you doesn't offer by itself a dynamic real time link between geometry, spline and seams. But the resulting geometry can be linked or attached and then deformed or animated together.

There is a script called "attach and link" (Miauu package 1) that would allow link dynamically objects to vertices or along splines. No sure it fits what you need as depends of the number of verts of the original object. You can deform the base object and the linked ones would follow, without being attached. It is an alternative to the 3ds Max spacing tool but with dynamic properties.

Re: How to make modeled stitches follow a bended watch strap?

martin.coven — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 22:47:47 GMT

Have you tried deforming the stitches with a skin wrap using the band? Apply when both are flat and the stitches should follow the band however you deform it.

Best,

Martin

Re: How to make modeled stitches follow a bended watch strap?

keith_brown — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 12:25:21 GMT

I ended up in selecting both objects and applying a bend modifier >)