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Thank you very much, menu-girl.

I hope there is a solution for you.

Have a great start to your week.

Thank you very much for the feedback, ArtDirector.

Yes, Lionel has shown some nice workflows.

Enjoy.

You're very welcome, MFVis,

Thanks for taking the time.

My best wishes for 2024.

Thanks a lot for the kind feedback, RemoGambacciani.

My best wishes for your project

Hi branch-drunk,

To use two Nulls, the Target Tag will work; eventually, you might need a third Null (Up-Vector) to avoid problems.

Below is a Spline-based solution with a Rail. The Rail field will be available after you enable the Tangent Check box.
CV4_2024_dr_23_ANrt_01.c4d

Is that working for you?

All the best

Enjoy the exploration, Maverick-Mongoose!

Thanks for the kind feedback.

My best wishes

Thanks for the feedback, fall-picture, I hope the Volume Object keeps you busy 🙂

All the best

Hi Chuckles,

Please attach a c4d file to your post so that I can see your settings.
Thanks for the effort, but images alone do not tell me a lot.

Please explore the changes in the file below by clicking through the
MoSpline> Spline> Generation Mode: Vertex; Count; Even; Step.
Can you see the difference?

All the best

CV4_2023_drs_23_MOsp_01.c4d

Hi Momento,

Here is a file that is hopefully close to yours. Note the XY plane orientation of the Spline Mask.

CV4_2023_drs_23_MOad_01.c4d

Do you use the desktop or the iOS version of Affinity Designer?

There are many more options with eps files, but since I do not have the exact exports, it would be guesswork, which I try to avoid here.
I have seen too many eps files that were not written well in the past 30 years. So, I have to buy Affinity if you have more questions.

Please share your target with this workflow so that I can better help.

All the best

Thanks for confirming this, entry-newspaper.

I would suggest this for any more artistic strokes and surfaces (Shading) anyway.

My best wishes

Hi it-lift,
Thanks a lot; as Architectural Visualization has a wide range, this information helps to get a rough idea about your work. What I see on your page tends to be a completely new challenge each time. Not the standard walls, windows, floors, etc. So you certainly have to invent for each project a workflow even.

Besides classic modeling steps or sculpting:
I first suggest taking a plane and cutting it to your needs in any shape with a Knife or Spline-driven Knife; eventually, use Selection Capsules or manual selections to delete while adding with the Poly Pen.

As a result, you might end up with a horrible mesh. Then use the Remesh, eventually with a Spline a Poly flow guide, and adjust a few times until you get a clean mesh. After that use the Thicken Object to adjust to an single or variable (i.e., organic) thickness.

As you undoubtedly know, modeling is like chess playing; always many steps ahead to win.

If you have something to model, or looking for some ideas, please share a sketch, blueprint, or project file. I'm happy to look into it.

All the best

Thanks for the reply, command association.

Your question was general, and with that, it is often complicated to find a one-size-fits-all solution, s we all have our ideas of where it would stop working.

If you have a specific case, then please share that as a sketch or as a file.

My typical MO is that I love seeing the Project file or a sketch.
I do not like to answer questions or reply from memory. Over the past 17 years, running the Q&A forum here has proven to be the best way. This thread shows that not having specific data is wasting your time. Sorry about this.
I love to find creative solutions if there is no default option.
One question, why it has to be a Spline? What is the target? The more details you share, the better I can explore this.

Cheers

Excellent, thank you, miss-bear, for the reply!

There are often many ways to get somewhere; finding the one you like is the key.

My best wishes for your project.

Cheers

Hi drama-comfortable,

Have you explored the UV projection setup that I have shared above?

Perhaps, send him an email, and check what his/her plans are to update the plug-in.

I rarely make plug-in suggestions for the very reason that they might be faster EOL than one get really used to those. No question some are excellent.

All the best

Thanks a lot, smckenzie, for the feedback. 🙂

I also like that you open for each subject a new forum thread; very much appreciated!

Let me know if there is anything else. I'm happy to look into it.

Cheers.

You're very welcome, smckenzie.

Please keep asking questions, as I believe that a problem comes back until it is solved. So, I try not to avoid anything here, and please never take my "moderation" (AKA keeping things organized) personally. New theme, new thread. Same question, old thread. Yes, yours was slightly different the second time; hard to find the right balance.

So far, I have answered Cinema 4D questions over 35,000 times in a Forum. The times I had to say there is no option (AFAIK) are very low. You can check even the past twelve years at Cineversity.com.

I'm sure that I do not know all, as I might find tomorrow a solution for something I was not aware of today. However, each question leads me to explore, and I'm under the impression that there is no failure, only gained experience. I assume I have some experience. 😉
So, I am happy to get your and other questions; they lead me to things I wouldn't have explored otherwise. I also try to understand the overall tendency and put this in discussions during our meetings into the mix. I try to be a voice for our members here, but please use the "Share Your Idea option; otherwise, I sound like someone who generalizes things without factual background. Thank you.
With that being said, I tried today several other options. But even if you use the path of the Sweep and cut that, the resulting shape with have straight edges in x, y, or z, per clone, staircase-like, not tilted as the spline asks for...

Here is a little example with a cube shape. I have left the problem in it. Move some points, and it is gone. A typical problem but easy to fix, even with nearly invisible changes.
https://stcineversityprod02.blob.core.windows.net/$web/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2023_PROJECTS_DRS/20230304_CV4_2023_drs_23_MObo_01.c4d.zip

Cheers

Hi damage-request,

You're very welcome.

My comments were only meant to suggest where to focus next. I'm not critiquing. Since I write in a forum, I know we have various experience levels here. Hence, I point out certain things, perhaps obvious to most artists. In the editor view, all might look fine because the refresh happens more than once. During rendering or export, there is only one time to "walk through" all the items in the scene. What is not available will be replaced by the material that might have been from a single or a few frames before; if nothing is there, then there is no reply. This is my current conclusion with this setup I got. To be clear, the results visible in the editor view are very nice.

It sounds like a more significant production, whereby I'm not clear about anything besides this scene you shared. So, my suggestion might be off, but how about Taiao from Insydium?
https://insydium.ltd/products/taiao/

Have a nice weekend