Offset on Surface Problem

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on December 12, 2009 at 4:52pm

Hi Deepthi,

that looks like there might be a bug. Can you post the 3dm and ghx files?

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David Rutten
david@mcneel.com
Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by Deepthi on December 12, 2009 at 4:56pm

Thanks David
Please find the files attached.

Attachments:

• Offset on Surface.3dm, 47 KB
• Offset on Surface.ghx, 137 KB

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on December 13, 2009 at 6:37am

Hi Deepthi,

actually, this is exactly what you'd expect. The Offset On Surface tools only creates curves that are coincident with the surface. So the first step in the operation is to pull the original curve back onto the surface. Since the waves are perfectly perpendicular to your surface your pretty waves are effectively destroyed.

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David Rutten
david@mcneel.com
Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by Deepthi on December 13, 2009 at 8:01am

Hey David,
Even if I try to bake the curve and do it, the same result is obtained. Why is that? And is there a solution to this? I wanted to be able to offset those curves in 3different directions along a given surface.
Many Thanks

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on December 13, 2009 at 8:32am

Offset Curve On Surface only works for curves which are ON the surface. Your wavy curve is not on the surface, so it cannot be offsetted. It needs to be pulled back onto the surface first, which undoes the waves.

I think you need to offset all the curves first, then create the waves on the result.

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David Rutten
david@mcneel.com
Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by Deepthi on December 13, 2009 at 12:17pm

Yaay Thanks so much David! It works :D