I want to slice this model or a different model with a different athletic pose. It’s for my visual presentation class. In my rough drawing, each line on the body is a contour that will be cut out of 3/16 inch foam core. Here’s an example of something similar but done to create a Pikachu. If I could generate each vertical plane in rhino, i can print each of them out and cut them out of foam core. If I could just model this in rhino the rest of the project will be simple. Thank you!
Hello - probably the easiest is to get a Poser model into Rhino, and run Contour on it; modeling a figure in Rhino is certainly possible but a tall order, to do it at all well.
I’m not sure how to divide the obj model into vertical slabs that are 3/16th of an inch thick. Like it was done on my example photos. I really don’t know where to start. I just opened the program for the first time and I need this for a project due in 2 weeks.
Ok, I was able to contour the model. But how can I control the width of each line segment? Each contour has to be 3/16" and I need perhaps a half-inch between each. I haven’t yet found a tutorial that tells me how to do that.
Wow! Thanks so much. Almost forgot that the contours are supposed to be vertical.
I made them vertical but how do I fill the extruded lines so that they are solid and not hollow?
Hello - use the Cap command, or when extruding, assuming the contours are closed (SelClosedCrv), you can extrude them all at once with the Solid=Yes command line option in ExtrudeCrv.
Wait, how can I layout each extruded plane in order from left to right so I can export them to a program like photoshop? I need to print each plane and lay them on foam core so it can be cut out.
Hello - try this:
Get just the planes - that is the surface that you’d get from PlanarSrf on the contour curves, without the thickness.
Combine all of these with NonManifoldMerge ( a geeky command that allows various surface objects to be made into a single object - you’ll never need this command again)
So… make your planes, select them all (SelPlanarSrf) , NonManifoldMerge, UnrollSrf with Explode set to Yes. Though Explode may not matter for a disjoint object like this… nope, it matters- set Explode to Yes.