topic Fill on surface of mesh in Modeling

Fill on surface of mesh

Tom Krowka — Thu, 25 May 2023 15:03:19 GMT

Any way for the fill to run with the contours of a mesh? Am using mesh for a ground plane in site plan and would like to use parallel lines running in the same direction as the mutiple varied mesh surfaces.

Don't see any way to do this.

Thanks.

Re: Fill on surface of mesh

NCornia — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:06:34 GMT

Tom,

There is not a way to do this with the Mesh tool but you could use the Mesh to Roof add-on and then align the fill on each individual panel. The amount of time involved will probably outweigh the benefit of doing this though.

Re: Fill on surface of mesh

Tom Krowka — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:29:35 GMT

You're correct about time. Could just regular fill overlay and eliminate mesh to roof step. It would be a nice feature for site plans.....but thanks anyway.

Tom

Re: Fill on surface of mesh

Karl Ottenstein — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:23:59 GMT

Pretty easy for a material (texture image) ... create a custom image that maps exactly onto the mesh. But, don't know of a way to do it with fills... Or of any way to do it dynamically as a mesh shape is changed...

Karl