Guess I was referring to the ability to merge two edgecurves into one like you can on normal curves? Is nt not possible because of the nurb line running down the center of the model?



Discovered can simply assign a style to edges I find unsightly and simply hide them. Out of sight out of mind. Works for me. Going back to my original post, I guess I could have simply hid unsightly edges via styles. But I also wasn't sure if something geometrically was screwy in the nurbs themselves. Thanks for the help, sorry for the confusion.

Hi Art,

re:
> Guess I was referring to the ability to merge two edgecurves into one like you can on normal curves?
> Is nt not possible because of the nurb line running down the center of the model?

Yes that's correct - 2 edges can only be merged together into a single longer edge if they are the only 2 edges touching each other. If there are additional edges connected then it can't merge them.


> But I also wasn't sure if something geometrically was screwy in the nurbs
> themselves. Thanks for the help, sorry for the confusion.

No nothing is inherently wrong with that. It can be a good idea to have larger faces when possible instead of multiple fragments but it does not ruin the model to have some of those.

I do want to update the face merging for boolean union so it would merge the cases you showed.


> Discovered can simply assign a style to edges I find unsightly and simply hide them.

You can also select them and use Edit > Hide without assigning a style.

- Michael

You can try this script by Max Smirnov!
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=7912.4

in this image following curves are managed before the extrusion...


In this one curves are managed directly...

Micheal, thanks for your response. Like how there are multiple solutions here. :)

Interesting PILOU. I have not gotten into using scripts quite yet but will try this out soon. Only gotten as far as setting custom hotkeys :)

Precision...
code: (only one line)
var fs=moi.filesystem, fl=fs.getTempDir()+'tmp.stp', gd = moi.geometryDatabase; gd.fileExport(fl); gd.removeObjects(gd.getSelectedObjects()); gd.fileImport(fl); fs.deleteFile(fl);

Copy the Max's code in a .js file, and save it the "scripts" directory. (with any name you want without space )
Also the "commands" folder is ok.
To use it, simply select the curves you want to elaborate and run the command.
Load the file and put it in the scripts folder of Me (if this folder does not exist, create it)
Make a shortcut, or press TAB and write the name of the script
Select curves and call the plugin.

Thanks PILOU, looks pretty straightforward.