From: BlackBird
Hello Michael,
in your other "favorite" modeling-tool you can press "p" to make a pipe from a selectet curve. Iam convinced this would be also possible with a script in moi.
If i select a curve an run the script. it would be nice to get a promt in the right corner to enter a diameter or use the mouse to set the size (like the most MOI-tools).
Maybe also a button so seleect a custom profile. But then i can also use the sweep command. nevermind...
I had the case where i had to model a lot of wires for a metal Basket. Creating profiles on the curves is time consuming. Compared to use a pipe-script.
I would do it by myself. but i dont know how to start. Do you have some tutorials for scripting in MOI?
Can you point me in the right direction.
From: PaQ
https://moi3d.com/download/scripts/PetrsMoiPage/PetrsMoiPage.htm#Pipe
Not sure it does all the requested feature tho ?
(one nice addition would be to have a extend distance option to create pipe longer than the input curves on both side, it can help to trim surface later for manual filleting / blending)
From: Michael Gibson
Hi BlackBird,
re:
> Creating profiles on the curves is time consuming. Compared to use a pipe-script.
For sweep you don't have to put the profile on each rail, if you position the profile a little bit away from the rail (outside of the rail's bounding box) it will use auto place mode:
- Michael
From: BurrMan
""""""""(one nice addition would be to have a extend distance option to create pipe longer than the input curves on both side, it can help to trim surface later for manual filleting / blending)""""""""
There was also the "Wires" script from Max, with an updated version named Wires2 from mkdm
The wires 2 script allows picking a "Profile curve" and includes the "Extend" function you describe
However, it DOESNT do what pipes does, by using a PATH. Only tangent connection to 2 pick points
If somebody could "COMBINE" these 2 scripts, it would do exactly what is requested.
I am not capable of that. Always tried to avoid asking Michael to do extra work
https://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=8301.27
From: BlackBird
Oh... i didn't know that... i thought i have to place the profile exactly on the rail...
From: 4rw1n
haha its easy i dont know it work like that :D
From: PaQ
Thanks Burr, I will check if AI can be useful for once and merge the feature !
From: BurrMan
Thank you PaQ…
The ole HAL 9000 option! Please post back if you have success!
