Hi,
V5
wish to represent a weld bonding one object to another recreating an actual weld.
is there a command to do so, indicating how far out across a surface the weld gets laid, and how high up the object it can go ?
a ripple effect would be a nice touch.
Hi Steve - there is no command for this, youâll either need to model it using the regular surface tools or come up with some kind of texture mapping, or a combination of the two.
I forgot to mention that after you use âRebuild surface UVâ, you can additionally control the shape of the surface via the âMove UVNâ tool. Do do that, you just need to select the middle row of control points and then adjust it with the N slider.
Hi,
V5
thanks B Design Bg2, not quick and not the cancave I need but , looks âinvolvedâ.
Is there a plugin or something as yet again I need to do welds, concave welds needed and the method I used of sweeps and so on with a wavy path was time consuming, as is the method offered here.
surely rhino should be able to make weld with a command.
select adjoining surfaces for weld
select spread of weld
select convex or concave
select ripple amount
hit ok
(might need a limiter on where to stop the weld)
I try FilletSrf, draw a block using basic object tools, and another on top and use comman âfilletSrfâ to fillet the L angle âAâ between them, but it fails.
why does filletSrf fail to fillet the joint between one cube and another placed on top when the other is smaller in size.
If it had worked how can one ripple the fillet surface ?
we need a weld command please. or someone do a plugin. or code something I can add as a tool button. FilletSrf fail.3dm (39.1 KB)
Steve
Is this a quick weld method and how to achieve it ?
for concave welds:-
FilletSrf then DupEdge
generate a line midway along the fillet, how is that done ? extractIsocurve perhaps.
turn the line into a regular ripple the ups and downs of which are on a plane normal (perp) to the fillet.
surface the area using top and bottom of fillet (the DupEdge) and the ripple line, profile would be concave, perhaps even the fillet end using DupEdge, then sweep3paths ( a wish of mine) or what else ? Would the centre of the profile flex in and out following the ripple, and the ends stay ON the edge lines ? What method would see straight edhe and rippled middle of the surface ?
Seems easy and quick if I knew best method for steps 2,3, and 4. easy for everyone.
Anyone got any even quicker methods ?
If one didnt want to union their objects to allow filletSrf to work, clone them, union those, fillet those, explode, keep fillet DupeEdge and delete the clones.
Hi,
Thanks,
I used Dir and white arrows pointing opposite way, so flip, but still not matching, see the green arrow facing east and red south, so mess about with U and V and end up using S swap, better but still has ripples, yet Pascals was smooth, Also the pitch of the waves is nearer together than Pascals yet I used the exact same settings numbers.
so to compare exactly I create a pascal surface, using DupeEdge, section and sweep rail,
apply the same image and settings, and its like a cheese grater, so dir and get white arrows same, then again U and V and needs S, and its almost matching, but again mine has ripples circled in red, Pascals is smooth.
yet now I am on exact same settings . at least the pitch matched, so pitch is very susceptible to curvature of surface it seems.
What is wrong now , how do I remove those sub ripples, dents ?
Hello - to make this work you really need a simple fillet surface - then you can slide the middle row of points along - turn on control points for the surfaces and youâll see the UV was distorted by sliding the middle row on the fillet against the cylinder. It will be tricky to do that on the more complex surface.
Hi Pascal,
having cloned your surface, or so I thought using DupEdge then section to get the profile through the surface, I thought I was comparing like for like.
Try again, clone your surface move out to left, turn off displacement this time, section the surface and dupEdge, sweep2rail, this has to be your surface, apply same settings, still I have those dings and dents.
Not sure with same surface and settings this is so.
Not sure what sliding middle row etc is, need to see a video or something but if I have copied your surface anyway, do I need to do this ?
Hello - the displacement texture is applied to the surface according to the surface UV - that is what happens by default. By moving the middle row of control points along the length of the fillet surface, this stretches the U and V to bend accordingly - the isocurves also show this distortion. That is a cheap trick to get the weld lines to flow into a slight crescent shape, nothing more.
Hi,
I see what you mean, though not sure how all the control points can be slid along the surface, I have never slid a control point let alone all at same time around a surface.
Any tutorials anywhere on that welcome.
But what about those dings and dents, as if the ripples were made in tinfoil and someone has knocked it a few times with a small blunt item. as its the same surface as yours why with the exact same setting do they appear ?
Steve