topic Re: still no mesh without a flat bottom? in Modeling

still no mesh without a flat bottom?

Anonymous — Thu, 25 May 2023 15:04:25 GMT

I just downloaded a trial version of AC14 and the mesh tool seems EXACTLY the same as it is in AC10. I'm really disappointed. I mean, this is always a problem in our projects, maybe we are the only ones? I'm tired of faking it with booleans.

Re: still no mesh without a flat bottom?

Dwight — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:41:16 GMT

So what is your question?
How to get a flat bottom mesh?
I myself LIKE a flat bottom mesh like i like a big bottom girl.

mesh with bottom

You all want to find the flat bottom mesh here:

Re: still no mesh without a flat bottom?

vfrontiers — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:10:07 GMT

I gather the question is about a continuous thickness in the mesh or a blobular mesh where it doesn't have to be "convex".

Re: still no mesh without a flat bottom?

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:40:12 GMT

There's a complaint and a question. The complaint is they still don't offer a function for a mesh that doesn't have a flat bottom. If you want a "blobular mesh" aka a mesh in any other modeling program, you still have to make a boolean and subtract it out from the first mesh. The question is if anyone else runs into this problem or if everyone else is making skyscrapers and using the heck out of the curtain wall tool.

Re: still no mesh without a flat bottom?

vfrontiers — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:01:25 GMT

SA,

Yes, I (and I can only speak for myself), very much need a more robust mesh tool that allows points to exist anywhere. I just recently posted about struggles with a ROCK FORMATION that cannot be accomplished with the AC mesh tool (without gdl involvement)..

So it's been noted and asked... Probably since the mesh tool came out.

For now, I keep downloading new TRIAL versions of Bonzai and work on learning that. I also have a new found like of the "blanket" mesh (4th option under the mesh geometry tool).. Yeah, it's still limited, but as Dwight suggested over in the other thread, build it laying down and gdl it upright. And for free form rocky things, it's ok. Build a couple different ones and plop them in your model with a variety of sizes and rotations and it works.