Is it possible in Rhino to deform a circle (or any other closed planar curve) such that the resulting deformed closed curve has the same length as the original (circumference in the case of the circle)?
I want to model a steel tube with a deformation in the end. In real life the tube cannot be cut or filed to fit.
Rhino does not have any method to automatically maintain the length of curve as the curve is deformed.
Depending on how the curve is to be deformed it may be possible to deform the curve, then use Scale to adjust the deformation so that the length remains constant. Iteration may be required.
It may be possible to use Grasshopper to create a system where the curve is adjusted to maintain length based on a set of constraints while the curve is distorted. Depending on the nature of the constraints the Grasshopper model could be simple to complex.
Thank you David. I thought so.