Just a curvy question

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:54:38 GMT

Suppose best to consider a triangular napkin. Curve it over so the point and the long side rest on the table. Could one of you guys please show me how to do this. Regards for 2007

Re: Just a curvy question

David Larrew — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:11:46 GMT

It would help if you post an image (sketch) illustrating what you want. Be warned, AC does not do organic modeling very well (without an Add-On or GDL scripting).

Re: Just a curvy question

Dwight — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:35:35 GMT

Use the mesh tool in 3D. To make anything smoothly fabric-like takes a long time, many nodes and meticulous artistic modeling decisions. Make a bunch of nodes in the plan view, compose them in 3D.

You'll also need to consider your surface material. Find a coarse woven pattern to disguise sharp ridges that will inevitably develop. Another way to hide sharpness is to employ two meshes: an underlying opaque mesh and a duplicate, hovering just above, with a perforated texture pattern. This softens the surface without losing definition.

I am reminded of my last experience modeling a napkin. Except this wasn't in the computer, it was in the dining room of the last voyage of the ship that stood in for the Love Boat, somewhere between New York and Bermuda.
They had been hauling out the grub from the galley for days. How? The deal was that you could only get the galley tour if you took the napkin-folding lesson beforehand. Being an origami enthusiast, i had no trouble with the "flat" and the "two corner triangle", but "elves boot?"

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