Is there any news or development pallned for a Sweep3 ou Multi Rail Sweep like this one on the video?
The video proves that it is possible, with auto profile alignment.
Or why a closed network surface still need 3 profiles? Could it not use the first one again?
Rhino has advanced so much in the last 10 years, but some fundamental tools still seem to be missing important functionalities users have been asking for years.
In the example above, I can’t make the external surface of the ring using a network of the 3 closed blue curves and the 2 red arcs.without having arcs on the lateral quads. But that introduces another set of problems, etc…
Can we talk about it? Or is there a technique that I can use to achieve this?
Ok, so if we can’t get a sweep3, or multi sweep right now, the surface I’m trying to build is impossible?
Is there a technique I can use? Maybe a plugin like xNurbs?
Thanks @davidcockey, I already use this method or similar alternatives. I am really looking for something that would return a full single surface, sometimes the resulting polysrf is nt ideal for the following operations, and you you use [MergeSrf] the history is gone. But I appreciate the input, using the surface continuity on Sweep2 and NetworkSrf can be extremely helpfull in some cases.
Also I didn’t mention SubD, because is not ideal for some operations as well, and it still contrained to a sweep2.
Another alternative is using [Loft] and [Flow], but with less control, and sometimes with more profiles, that then turn into a problem itself, and so on, etc, etc.
This particular ring I demonstrated is only one of the usecases that could be improved with a more updated tool, but the real issue is for me is the obsolete state that very important tools still have. And in the video I showed there is a option to not only chose a non alinged profile, but several options of seam alignment.
Who wouldn’t want more powerful history enabled “organic” modeling?
