I am not sure I full understand the case, but apparently you would like that the SubDiv tool create several subdivision lines instead of one. The currently provided "SubDivision" option is basically a regular 4-gon with "inner radius = offset" and hence the proposed n-gon profile can be seen as a generalization of the existing option.
This has been done in the below examples.Īs you can see with an 8-gon you already get a subdivided surface being 1.2% off a circle. This can be easily achieved when setting the border edges to creased in SubD. In addition when subdividing a rounded corner, you may not want the whole object to shrink (which Catmull-Clark subdivision does by definition). But a regular n-gon as the profile is even better. In an earlier post I mentioned that a squircle with an exponent value of roughly 2.1 gives good results as well. Therefore it would be helpful, if FredoCorner could provide an option under the category "SubDivision" to create profiles as regular N-Gons with the inner radius = offset. (the first and last segment of the n-gon are coplanar to the side faces of the cube) You get very close to a circle after subdivision, if you start with a regular n-gon where the Inner radius is the same as the offset. If subdivision shall generate something that is close to an arc with a given radius, then the control mesh to start with cannot be an arc with the same radius or a square. Thomthoms SubD) to smooth a corner, then the subdivided corner in general is not an arc. What's so wrong with a free/ hobbyist license? Treat the hobbyists right and maybe when they decide to go pro, they bring you and your programs with them to the commercial licensed platforms.When using Catmull-Clark subdivision (i.e. Having donated back in the day for plugins designed for a free program, now being asked to buy a license to keep using them, hurts. What I dont understand is cutting off access to the older, less sophisticated versions for the older version of SU 2017. The three plugins I mentioned work just fine on 2017 but i understand the development of newer/ better to keep pace with the upgrades in the master program are necessary. Something about a security flaw prompted this but I can still visit the website. Anyone still using 2017 now no longer has access to the extension warehouse or the 3d warehouse via the app.
I dont use it professionally, and only now a few times a month for personal projects, so a high subscription price is out of the question. I was using them without issue just 6 months ago, still on SU 2017.Įver since Trimble took over from Google and switched to a subscription model, a lot of us hobbyists felt left behind. All three were developed and running just fine, for my uses anyway, long before SU 2017. To be specific, Curviloft, Joint Push Pull and the original Round Corner are the ones I use or used to use.
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