@Dr-Sassi Interesting!!

If i am reading it right, the Mospline is taking the Spline and allowing you to increase the number of points on each spline so they match allowing the Loft to connect them all more easily.

I will have to read up on these Mosplines - they look intriguing.

thanks for the help
Adam

@Dr-Sassi cross sections.c4d

I did manage to create a shape using the Loft object, and a lot of mucking around with Spline Point orders.

However, the project that inspired the question involved a lot more splines for a more complex profile (which i discarded in favour of other methods).

I have been trying to find way to convert the Splines into editable objects. I have not found a way. I tried using the polygon tool - and with the tool active, snapping turned on, i could click on a vertex then click to a vertex on the next spline and it looked right until you moved the perspective view and the new poly was not connecting the points and was way of in the distance!

I really wanted a way to use the Bridge tool to connect the edges or points from one spline to another, but that doesn't work on splines.

It feels like it should be a straight forward notion - connecting up vertices from one spline to another to create a volume, but i cannot find a way.

Having created a whole bunch of individual spline profiles that relate to the cross section of a vessel. I was intending to use the Loft tool to build the shape, but i think because the profiles have differing numbers of vertices, the resulting shape is wrong, and nothing i can do seems to fix things...

therefore i have been trying to find a way to use those splines, and connect the vertices from one spline to another using something like the Bridge tool - only this does not work. I would prefer this method as it should give me flat panels, rather than curved surfaces.

Is there a way to convert a c4d spline into something that the polygon tools will work with?

thanks

I think thats exactly what i did wrong!
It was quicker to go back a few iterations in the model and change the sequence i did things (break the model apart before applying panel extrusions )made everything much easier to deal with!

thanks for the explanations and possible solutions.
adam

@Dr-Sassi Thanks dr Sassi,

I think i might just try re-making the model. The main problem i have is that when i have used the extrude tool to push and pull panels (its a spaceship model) its created extra geometry on the inside of the model. then when i come to split the model into smaller sections its impossible to patch the gaps as there are loads of extra layers around the edge that all need to be covered.

I think this is one of those live and learn experiences!!

forgot to say - I have been using the Connect+Delete but it doesn't seem to get rid of the hidden stuff

Is there an easy way to delete polygons/points /lines from inside a complicated mesh?

I have been building a model which looks great from the outside, yet when i try break it apart so that i can prep it for 3d Printing, i'm finding there are lots of messy layers within the model.

Mainly caused when sections have been extruded to create panels on the exterior...these seem to have multiple layers inside.

I would love to know if there is a tool that you can use to strip out all the hidden,un-used structure inside a mesh.

thanks
Adam

I had a feeling that might be the case. Thanks for looking into it!

I'm am absolutely positive that some of my older versions of C4d had different model and material assets that are not included with the latest versions.

Is there any way to access those older assets and import them into current software?

I have tried to search for the assets but i have no clue what or where i should be looking!

I might be imagining things here but i dont think i am.....

adam

I was pondering this last night and wanted to see what thoughts people have...

if you have a model that has been constructed to show different aspects of the product in different shots, would it render faster if when a shot does not show certain aspects of the build, they were deleted for that shot?

I am thinking that if i model up an electronic toy, and animate the batteries being fitted and the cover plate moving into place in one shot, but then never see the batteries or cover again, and they are not anywhere that would affect lights/reflections etc, would the subsequent shots render faster if i deleted them first?

I don't know if software is intelligent enough to ignore geometry that is not affecting the visible light rays in a scene?

I guess i will be removing these things as its my feeling that the geometyr will still need calculating whether its seen or not.