I am still learning Rhino. I have been through the manual but to be honest, only so much sticks by following a manual. I need to “do” to learn.
So I have been trying – and failing – to create a “re-curve.”
I call it a “re-curve.” I am talking about the dip near the edge of a carved top.
Things I have tried:
I drew a basic curve in the shape of a simple acoustic guitar. I then drew a series of offset curves going in. I then changed the height of the curves to match the desired points in a carve. At this point I tried a loft. I think that the “hips” of the guitar shape cause the loft to go wonky.
I created another series of curves but added connecting lines perpendicular. I then created a network surface. This worked better but the transitions were sharp instead of flowing because my connecting lines were straight. (I tried different smoothing commands but couldn’t find anything that worked.) I thought about trying to curve the connecting lines but wasn’t sure how to accomplish this since they would be following an irregular shape.
Finally I created a surface and drew a guitar shaped curve on top. I split the surface and deleted the outside leaving a guitar shaped surface. I then drew an offset curve to the inside. The idea was to use the curve to add control points and maybe I could “pull” the re-curve into place. But every time I tried to insert a control point I had to click the same place twice. It either created a horizontal or a vertical line. I could hit the “t” to toggle but this seemed beyond tedious and I was convinced there had to be a better way.
So my question is what commands/tools should I research? Should I just go back and spend more time learning either the loft of the network surface? Is there a way to efficiently add control points in a shaped pattern? I know everyone here is busy so I am not asking for a tutorial or order of operation. Just need a direction to go “play “ in.
I am resurrecting my very old thread. I am trying again to get better at Rhino. Unfortunately I keep relapsing into parametric modelers. (Oh the shame! )
I am sure this is a silly question but I haven’t been able to figure it out.
In the excellent model that Pascal Golay added, how did he add the control points to the surface?
Everything I try wants to create a grid.
I tried adding curves to the surface and adding the points to the curve. When I tried editing the control points all I moved was the curve.
