Mapping Curves on a Curved Surface

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Permalink Reply by Christian Gartland on June 7, 2016 at 2:53pm

I opted instead to map the curves to the new surface using an unrolled version of your surface as a reference. The curves don't line up perfectly, but if you scale the flat surface in one direction, you can get the result you wanted. Shifting the surface back and forth will also influence the outcome. Also, I just realized that I forgot to switch back your preview mode, so it's currently set to preview selected geometry.

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• Pinecone_Bracelet_008.3dm, 1 MB
• Pinecone_Bracelet_008.gh, 20 KB

Permalink Reply by Julie Kim on June 7, 2016 at 3:15pm

Yes, that's exactly what I've been trying to accomplish!
Such a quick response. Thanks.

Permalink Reply by Christian Gartland on June 7, 2016 at 3:59pm

No problem!

Permalink Reply by Ethan Gross on June 7, 2016 at 4:00pm

Hi Julie, since I'm not exactly sure of the effect you're after, I added the following to Christian's def. Right now, your elliptical section is a trimmed surface while the source is an untrimmed surface, which means you're a clipping a portion of what's intended to be mapped. It still looks pretty good as is but to convert your bracelet into an untrimmed surface, I performed a Sweep2 using the curved edges as rails - and then mapped. It now encompasses the fully mapped curves. Your choice.

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• Pinecone_Bracelet_009.gh, 27 KB

Permalink Reply by Julie Kim on June 8, 2016 at 12:27pm

Thanks! It was great seeing another way to achieve this.