edge surface VS 4 point surface divide differently?

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Permalink Reply by Andy VanMater on February 7, 2013 at 11:05pm

The top surface (the planar one) is actually a trimmed surface such that the bounding box of the curve is found and then the surface gets trimmed to fit the closed curve. 

The 4 point surface has its UV domain based on the 4 points so it divides perfectly. 

you could explode the curve and make an "edge surface" but that seems like a silly workaround

the way you can verify the trimming is to plug the surface directly into a panel and see if it says "trimmed" or "untrimmed" surface

if it is "trimmed" then the UV coordinates are simply falling off the surface.

good luck

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on February 8, 2013 at 12:17am

Well I understand why. I was just wondering if a future version of this component can self check for 4 points thus creating an untrimmed surface.

Permalink Reply by Dan Hou on August 5, 2014 at 4:02am

Hi Michael,

I came across the same problem like yours. And my plane is not rectangle. How do you solve this problem?

Dan