Gunstock design with MOI3d

 From:  Michael Gibson
11921.4 In reply to 11921.3 
Hi Nick,

re:
> I will check with the person scanning my existing rifle stocks,, I am assuming
> they could provide that service.

That's a pretty big assumption. You may need to be careful how you how ask them, like if they say they can deliver it in a CAD file format like a .step file, will it be a big pile of little triangles in the STEP file or actual NURBS surfaces.


> I was under the impression that a NURBS based CAD, that is better with free flowing designs, not 2D mechanical type.
> Did I have it backwards?

Pretty much all CAD software is NURBS based.


> When you say a Polygon Mesh program, are your referring to a "Parametric" style program such as Fushion?

No, I mean a sub-d modeling program like Blender or Cinema4D. Using this type of geometry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckOTl2GcS-E

- Michael