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From: Mike K4ICY (MAJIKMIKE)
16 May 2014   [#2]
I placed the lip in an off-center position on purpose.
There is now a sharp recess formed. Delete this.




Smooth it over with a new "G2" Blend surface, and Join everything.




LET'S HAVE FUN WITH MOI3D's NEW VARIABLE FILLETS!

Select the top perimeter surface edges.




Start off with a nice radius, and leave yourself a little space on the bottom of the lip.




Experiment!!!
I can't really guarantee details here because Fillets are trial-and-mostly-error animals.




Create a smaller bottom Fillet. Notice how it wraps nicely around the whole skillet body.




Okay... the area where the handle meets the pan is rather sterile.
So I'll add a "bridge" or "rib" to give the model more interest...

Make a profile shape...
Do you want to not have an ugly seam present if you Sweep any shape using multiple Joined curves?
Just delete the adjoining control point!




No explanation here... just Sweep the profile along a subtle Arc.




In the side view, you can laterally adjust the position and angle of the surface.




If you happen to select the rotation icon when the handlebars are active, if you go to Perspective View, you can play with these global rotation circles!
Adjust, giving you enough room for Fillets.




Here's a tricky part: When Michael releases the new selective-face Boolean option, this will be easier.
I found that not only did I have to use Boolean Merge, but I had to do to pre and post cutting and pasting to get what I needed.
Once you have your shapes cut, they will not Join until you remove the back-faces.




Now Join them together...




OH! You have to love the new Fillet!
The result was hard to figure out, and the result is kinda wonky, but I am happy with the result.




Let's make an apposing utility handle.
This feature allows you to hand the skillet from the other side and also facilitates in helping you lift the skillet with both hands if there's a lot of food inside.
Make a profile as shown and trim some of the bottom out to create an interesting flange.




Oh yes... More Fillets!
Don't Fillet the back parts so that you can better affix it to the skillet.
Move the handle near the top of the skillet... since this item is sand-casted, you cannot really have any odd objects jutting out on the side without some difficulty in manufacturing... but what do I know?
Notice my interesting dimples in the handle?




Boolean Union the handle to the skillet body and (try) to Fillet a nice transition.




The main handle needs a hole for hanging...
Draw two profile shapes.




Use Trim to take their projections out of the handle's surfaces.
I put the smaller one on top.




HEY! I failed to mention Moi3D's new Blend-to-Everything command!
Well, you can Blend on surface edges with seam-intersections included... you can also add adjustment points for fine-tuning in not-so-favorable situations.
Create a Blend between both holes - and Join all.




One nice feature of the Finex skillet that caught my eye was the bold engraving on the bottom.
So what I've done here was created a template in my vector graphics program and Imported it into my model.




The following is not for novices!

First of all, make sure that your vector import objects are composed of very simple shapes and curves.
Try to eliminate small perturbances and tiny segment you'll have Michael pulling his hair out showing you close zoom-in you have have known better to find yourself. ;-)

Position then Extrude the template as a solid object into the body of the skillet solid.




I used a very simple and small Fillet on the result.
Why Fillet something so intricate and tiny? ....Fantastic render results!!!

As you might be able to tell, I isolated the bottom circle surface to keep Moi3D from crying.




So here is the result!

This image was a composite in PhotoShop of different Lighting Options and a little noise added.




A very nice result!




This is a far cry from the engineering mastery of the Finex guys... I would advice ordering the real-deal.
In my opinion, why wouldn't any kitchen savvy person not consider such a nicely executed product?


Eat those amazing Variable-Fillets up modelers! Michael worked hard on them. ;-)
From: Michael Gibson
16 May 2014   [#3] In reply to [#1]
Another great tutorial Mike, thanks for putting this one together!

- Michael
From: ed (EDDYF)
16 May 2014   [#4]
Thanks for another sizzling hot tutorial Mike - I learn something new every time you post a tutorial.

After you put this one on the back burner, what's next?

Ed
From: Mike K4ICY (MAJIKMIKE)
16 May 2014   [#5] In reply to [#4]
..Thanks!


(An appropriately light seasoning of cooking puns.)

I have noticed that the majority of my tuts are kitchen items.



>After you put this one on the back burner, what's next?

Hmm... I do have a year to think about it... ;-)
Actually, I'd like to kick one out a month, especially with more for the novice beginners.
From: Mauro (M-DYNAMICS)
17 May 2014   [#6]
Thank you Mike to show your way to use new variable-fillet tool (i didn't download newest MOI's version yet..)
Good virtual images too,it's hard to render that kind of material..

M
From: Frenchy Pilou (PILOU)
17 May 2014   [#7]
French translation next week, i have some other things on fire! :)

http://moiscript.weebly.com/poecircle-en-fonte.html
From: TpwUK
17 May 2014   [#8] In reply to [#2]
Superb tutorial Mike, you might have been missing a year, but you are still the Fillet master including the variable kind :)

Martin Spencer-Ford
From: Rudl
17 May 2014   [#9]
Good tutorial, but it is a pitty, that it is not in metric measures.
From: Mike K4ICY (MAJIKMIKE)
17 May 2014   [#10] In reply to [#9]
Thanks all! :-)

I'm surprised I'm not seeing a more robust use of the new Fillets. :-o

Merci Pilou!
Aucune inquiétude... prenez votre temps. Aucune ruée.


>Good tutorial, but it is a pitty, that it is not in metric measures.

Rudi, I had actually considered that along the way, and I might update some of the pics...
I had to back-track a lot, and I felt that there wasn't the likelihood that anyone following the tutorial would get the same exact result with the same numbers.

I may post the metric version of the chart.
From: Rich_Art
20 May 2014   [#11] In reply to [#2]
Amazing as always. Nice to see a new tut from your hand. Thanks.

Peace,
Rich_Art. ;-)
From: Frenchy Pilou (PILOU)
20 May 2014   [#12]
French Translation Done!
http://moiscript.weebly.com/poecircle-en-fonte.html

I will just add tommorow some legends under the images for customise a little this superb tutorial!
From: Mike K4ICY (MAJIKMIKE)
20 May 2014   [#13]
Merci Beaucoup Pilou!!! =-D

It looks great!
I'll work on the web site links soon.
From: Mike K4ICY (MAJIKMIKE)
20 May 2014   [#14]
Here is my "Hand" rendering of the skillet. (I am so hungry now.)

This took about an hour using Taron's Verve fluid-dynamics painting program.
http://www.taron.de/forum/

Once Taron allows for input of images to trace from, Verve and Moi will be quite a pair!


From: Frenchy Pilou (PILOU)
20 May 2014   [#15] In reply to [#14]
Appetizing! :)
From: kevjon
21 May 2014   [#16]
Great tutorial Mike.
From: Frenchy Pilou (PILOU)
21 May 2014   [#17]
French Translation definitely done! :)

http://moiscript.weebly.com/poecircle-en-fonte.html
From: Mike K4ICY (MAJIKMIKE)
21 May 2014   [#18]
The traduction dans le français looks great Pilou! :-)

I only regret not declaring metric measurements as well.
From: Frenchy Pilou (PILOU)
21 May 2014   [#19] In reply to [#18]
No problem, that is showing possibilities of differents units! :)
From: Lordfox
21 Jun 2014   [#20]
nice tutorial ;) nice that you use also verve ;)

thanks ... ;)
From: Mike K4ICY (MAJIKMIKE)
21 Jun 2014   [#21] In reply to [#20]
Thanks! :-)

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