Fillet of two overlaping non-planar circles.

Hey guys,

Iam struggling with an issue how to make simple pattern on bended surface which could behave similar than metaballs. I made pattern in whiich some elements getting smaller and some getting bigger ( according atractor point, of course )

The big ones are overlapping - and instead of that I would like to make them as a one curve ( like a outline of them ) and fillet the corners in way that it would looks like metaballs. The problem is also that they dont have the common plane. Basicaly I would like to define somehow distance - and if circles reach this distance they will join together and fillet .

Is there any solutions or at least small suggestion how could I manage to get result I require ?

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Thanks !

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Permalink Reply by Hyungsoo Kim on October 21, 2016 at 2:36am

Hi.

Try "Map to Surface". Best.

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Permalink Reply by Martin Babic on October 21, 2016 at 3:50am

Thanks ! , But problem in this way is that projected or mapped pattern is deformed on surfrace, while pattern made according normals of surface is not deformed - and I would like to keep it like that.

It doesnt really mater if your surface is bended just a bit, but in more complicated shapes it can appears like a big problem. :/ any ideas for that?