Hi , is there any way to cage edit an object wit a custom cage ? for example if i want to cage edit this object ,the problem is that it will deform the object at very first moment when i choose the cage as the control object . Please note that the cage is released and is a custom cage . [Screensh…

[image] davidcockey: The PreserveStructure option should not be displayed when the captive object is a polysurface. [CEG]

@eddit And the next sentence said: [image] davidcockey: I already reported that there is a bug. CageEdit bug - PreserveStructure option Read the link.

I have read Your bug report, but build 7.10.xxx (here) and 7.12.xxx is different. Option for PreserveStructure is here allways present, but martyred.

Perhaps my post is not clear. Option for PreserveStructure is alway present for polysurfaces in 7.12 but does not work with polysurfaces.

hi david (cage edit) preserve the structure of polysurfaces. the option must be activated (deformation = fast) I use it this way with my polysurfaces. but I don’t know if the (precise) option should also preserve the structure! … [cage edit .preserve structure isocourve] the concept …

[image] fares.boulamaali: (cage edit) preserve the structure of polysurfaces. the option must be activated (deformation = fast) It looks like there is overlap between PreserveStructure and Deformation options. I was going by the Help file and testing with Deformation=Accurate. [image] fa…

[image] pascal: a morph is always applied to original geometry, and not on previously morphed geometry, so the original is there, somewhere behind the scenes Hi @pascal , Leaving the wish of starting with customer cages aside, which is something super useful and previously asked many times… …

[image] gustojunk: To make this completely useful, restoring the original, with the original cage also, you should be able to edit the model, in that pre-caged state, and then… use _FlowAlongCage. This would allow you to then re-deform the edited original back to its caged-edit state. Hi Gust…

OMG! I never knew you could select an existing deformed cage! I would only look at the options inside the parentheses here, ignoring the whole SELECT part of ‘select control object’. [capture_gf_121204PM_211101] I’m deeply paranoid now. What else I don’t know? What else have I been missing all t…

[image] gustojunk: I’m deeply paranoid now. What took you so long? I got there years ago. -Pascal

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pascal (Pascal Golay) November 1, 2021, 5:57pm 41

Hi David - the using pre-deformed cages is on the pile - a long-standing wish - I do not know if that means it is hard/impossible, or there is not enough clamor for it.

RH-2584 Pre-deformed cages do not work

-Pascal

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