Michael,
though I have to use TSpline via Rhino, I basically use Moi to create the curves or whatever I need to start with and then use only TSplines commands. Though I don't understand much of the inner working of Nurbs and SubD, it seems like TSplines provide somekind of bridge between the two.
As I said before for example the tsPipe command seem like something that may be possible to do in Moi using a combination of commands, say we have 2 curves setup to look like a "Y", using TSpline "pipe" command seem like one operation where you set the radius at any point along both curve similar to what a Moi sweep could do and the "joint" is made like magic in TSpline but it could be done using a few commands in Moi as well. In other words, it's a "pipe" command on steroids.
As another example the tsSkin command seem to be a kind of "Network" command on steroids as well but it as some limitation, the structure of curves needs to follow some rules.
Basically, I just wonder if any of TSpline ideas and or commands could be somehow implemented in Moi in some form or another. I know you usually try to implement command that I would caracterise as "atomic" and you do an awsome job at this. The way I see it, TSpline command are not "atomic" to say the least, they are almost a "program" by themselves or to use a similar analogy, they are "molecular".
I started this in the hope of starting a discussion, for me Moi is the only software I use to create either 2D or 3D models of the furniture pieces I want to build and lately I began to be interested in making my own "appliqués" I soon realised my preferred tool (Moi) wasn't the best choice for this kind of work.
I come from a generation that was promissed that we could speak to our computer ("A la Startrek", Captain Kirk that is) and make them do the hard work of figuring out how to do the things we wanted them to do. Today, after almost half a century, this is still day dreaming and I don't see anything like this coming through in the near future. But with tools like TSplines and Clayoo I begin to see that one day the Gran Canyon between Nurbs and SubD will be bridge and not just in Rhino. I just hope this day will come sooner then later and that I will not have to part from my favorite program.
Regards,
Felix
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