Hi everyone,
I'm a new fusion 360 user coming from 3ds max and maya.
I really love fusion 360 but ran across something I do not understand and hope someone can help me.
In the form creation mode I'm using "edit form" to move points around but I've noticed that when I do it will move the surrounding unselected points too and I do not want that.
I do not have "soft Modification" enabled.
Below I have an image of before and after moving one point, as you can see the 8 points around it move too which makes using "edit form" very imprecise and hard to use for me.
Does someone know how to disable this behavior for edit form?
Kind regards,
Jeroen
Edit form moves surrounding unselected points
@Anonymous, this is the nature of T-Splines (the technology underlying Sculpt bodies). It's a kind of sub-division surface, so the smooth surface is fitted over a scaffolding, which you can view if you convert to Box Mode. But, the smoothed surface will definitely show this behavior. So, the short answer is: you can't disable this behavior.
Jeff Strater
Engineering Director
@jeff_strater, Thank you for the fast reply and explanation! I really appreciate it.
The free form workflow will probably not be the right solution for what I am trying to do then.
I was hoping you would be able to take a look at these screenshots (with annotations) of what I am trying to do and point me in the right direction.
If you would have any pointers as to where I should start looking I would be very grateful.
Kind regards,
Jeroen
Easy! Either in solid modeling Patch or Sculpt mode is this easy to do.
Can you export the design (.f3d) you have so far of that one object or the whole thing and attach it to your next post ?
I am a little confused about your reaction to the vertex pull behavior that you describe in your Verzückung first post. Any Sub-D mesh model behaves that way, whether designed in Maya or 3DsMax or Blendder, Modo,C4d etc. this is intriniśc to the Sub-D method.
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Here's one version. This can be done in almost infinite variants with increasingly more control over the shape.
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Hi!
first of all @TrippyLighting you are and absolute badass! Thank you for taking the time to record the video and helping me out I deeply appreciate it.
After watching the video I now understand the whole idea behind sweeping, which I didn't before so I'm very grateful.
About the points moving with the t-spline modeling, I was referring too how the surrounding control points of the mesh move around when you move a single point.
In traditional SubD modeling the mesh indeed smooths itself between the control points but the actual control points stay at the same location when you disable the smoothing which makes it possible for me to line all of them up perfectly.
The biggest problem I had with the form modelling yesterday is that I would move a point and then the surrounding points would move too so I had to then fix the position of those points but then the surrounding points of that point would move and so on.
It felt like utter madness to me haha.
However now after reading the comment from @Anonymous I understand that there is a way to preview the exact same thing as you would see in max or maya with the use of display mode.
When I set the display mode to "control frame display" I can actually see the control points of the mesh and am able to line them up perfectly.
I want to thank both of you gentlemen @TrippyLighting, @Anonymous as you have helped me out tremendously and I truly appreciate it!
I hope you have a wonderful day.
Kind regards,
Jeroen
Hi, @TrippyLighting if you would be so kind.
I am currently trying out the method you showcased in the video but I am running into a different problem.
I think I understand why it is happening (the sweep would intersect itself trying to cut on the curved edge of the mesh) but I would love some insight if there is a way to get around this problem.
I have added the .f3d file to this post if you would like to have a look at it.
This morning I have found another topic where you gracefully helped solve a similar problem with a different technique and I'm going to try that one out now:
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-design-validate/loft-around-axis/td-p/8073826
Kind regards,
Jeroen
You either have to make the initial filet larger, or the sweep profile smaller.
If that does not produce the geometry you are looking for, then you have to model it differntly.
Here's another model where I create the base shape as a T-Spline, and then spit and thicken it to get to solidd.
The best of both worlds. Great plasticity for free modeling but still having a solid to for worry free addition of all sorts of mechanical detail:
@TrippyLighting thank you so much for the update.
I think this will be the way to go as I just tried out the loft workflow and it didn't turn out the way I was hoping it would (could totally be me not doing it right to be honest tho, I added the file if anyone wants to have a look at my mess).
There is a lot of pinching going on in the round transition part of the output mesh.
Next up I'll give the form + surface workflow a shot and let you know how it turned out!
Again, I really appreciate how much time you are spending on helping me out with this, you are a wonderful human being!
Kind regards,
Jeroen
@TrippyLighting great succes! managed to make it work with the last workflow and the result is looking great.
Thank you so much for all the help with this, I wouldn't have been able to figure this out on my own, cheers!
Kind regards,
Jeroen
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