i always knew there is some dark force in the move 
is it based on the same principle? could it be tweaked at some point? maybe MeshWrap would be a better name then 
Physical shrink wrapping is a different thing.
You can get something somewhat close using this tool by using a positive offset then a negative one of the same magnitude (the closing) of a shape.
To get the actual surface formed by a sheet material stretched or vacuum formed around a shape you’d need some physical tensile simulation. The mesh formed by this new tool could maybe be useful as an intermediate step in that process though.
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As a fabricator who deals with some really sloppy mesh bodies from clients on a regular basis, this is a huge game changer.
Thank you for all the weekends and late nights we just got back.
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Hi
could you tell me if this new function on rhino8 can resolve this fillet problems?
attached file
best regards
Max
test-shrink.3dm (372.2 KB)
@tay.othman beat me to it, but you could also just smooth the original sharp cornered object.
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The failing fillets are due to split faces. If you have the shape with proper trimmed faces like in the attached, it will fillet in one go without issues:
test-shrink_fixed.3dm (223.6 KB)
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This looks is a really powerful addition to Rhino!
I have to ask, is there any plans of expanding the uses of the underlying volumetric engine to GH?
Hi Louis -
From the first post in this thread:
we intend to roll out more features such as Grasshopper
-wim
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No shrinkwrap is not based on mesh machine. We will be exposing access via RhinoCommon and Grasshopper in near future v8 WIP’s.
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This is pretty awesome. I didn’t even know that we had the option to download WIP v8, but this video sent me down a research path. I’m getting a laser scanner, so this is particularly useful for me. Hopefully, the fee to upgrade from v7 to v8 won’t be too painful, especially since I just bought v7 a little over a year ago.
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Here’s the cost for upgrading V6 to V7. Historically all the version upgrades have been the same. As far as I remember it doesn’t matter when you bought your original version.
https://www.rhino3d.com/en/sales/north-america/United_States/
McNeel has one of the fairest upgrade price policies In the business.
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Hoping for a discount period in the first 90 days following the release of V8. Same as V7 and V6 releases.
to be clear-
the only free part of v8 is the WIP. Once v8 is officially released, it will be a paid upgrade.
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I don’t know why that slipped my mind. I’ve always taken advantage of it.
Looks like burnt coal.
I fight a lot with messy meshes so I’m interested in seeing how it behaves.
// Rolf