transform a mesh into surface!

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on March 18, 2011 at 4:17am

Hi Valeria,

 

it's not dumb at all. It's just not possible. A mesh can have any topology genus, whereas a surface is very limited in what it can represent. It is possible to convert a mesh into a polysurface, but even that is a very complex process. We (McNeel) do not have an algorithm for doing this. We can create a surface for every individual triangle in the mesh, but that is rarely a desirable outcome.

 

Under very special circumstances it is possible to fit a surface through a mesh. Can you post an image of your mesh?

 

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David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by John Gregory on March 18, 2011 at 5:18am

www.resurf3d.com

 

hope this is what you are looking for.