Go Back   AC3D Forums > General > AC3D General
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 13th December 2007, 06:50 AM   #1
thierry_st_malo
Senior Member
Professional user
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Saint-Malo, France
Posts: 148
Question 3D polylines and extrusions

Hi, all!

With AC3D, is it possible to create 3D polylines (e.g polylines that don't sit on one of the three reference planes), for instance by clicking on vertices in the 3D view? I have tried it, with "Select through" unchecked of course, but it doesn't seem to work. The polyline is projected on the "most suitable" reference plane.
I need such polylines as extrusion paths. So, next question: would "Extrude along path" work with a 3D polyline?

Thanks,

Thierry
thierry_st_malo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15th December 2007, 01:28 PM   #2
luuckyy
Senior Member
Professional user
 
luuckyy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: France
Posts: 737
Default Re: 3D polylines and extrusions

Hi Thierry,
my answer would be "yes you can use polylines as extruding paths".
But I wonder why you need polylines and not simple lines for that ?
AFAIK polylines are closed lines, do you really need your path to begin and end at the same point ?
If your path has to be not aligned on an axis and in "3D", make a temporary one, and then move some vertices here and there in the most suitable view to give it depth and whatever ...
This is the way I usually proceed myself.
__________________
OL.
luuckyy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th December 2007, 09:09 AM   #3
thierry_st_malo
Senior Member
Professional user
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Saint-Malo, France
Posts: 148
Default Re: 3D polylines and extrusions

Thanks, Luuckyy.
You are right: I was actually speaking about lines, not polylines. Now for the rest, I can follow your suggestion, and I thank you for it; or, if I don't feel too lazy, I'll produce another script :-).
Cheers,
Thierry
thierry_st_malo is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 11:21 AM.


AC3D Forum
(C) Inivis Limited 2020