This is a wonderful collection of effects! I look forward to being able to use it as it does a really nice job of illustrating curvature. I particularly like the artistic nature of the hatching. Well done Michael!!

--Larry

Hi Michael

Looks great with the silhouettes added, really handy.

So it's that sort of effect that you want but made in Moi3D ?

Hi James, yeah I wasn't sure if the sketchy cross hatching would combine ok with the exact silhouettes but it seems fine together.

Michael

hi Pilou,

re:
> So it's that sort of effect that you want but made in Moi3D ?

Yes, similar but with vector lines and curves being output, not as an image processing effect.

- Michael

Ok! :)
these hatching must also following the lighting of the object or must be isotropic ?
(from your examples seems isotropic)

Hi Pilou,

re:
> these hatching must also following the lighting of the object or must be isotropic ?
> (from your examples seems isotropic)

It's possible to do either.

The ones here adapt to lighting and have denser lines (smaller spacing) where the lighting is dark:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=10774.2

This one does not respond to lighting:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=10774.19

That will be an option that you will be able to set.

- Michael

ok...

Else in theory Flow function can't be used ?

Hi Pilou,

re:
> Else in theory Flow function can't be used ?

Not if you want it to look like real hatching - the pattern flowed on a sphere will be compressed at the pole areas and wider at the equator.

- Michael

Yes but you can make some Flow after a rotation of the sphere!
Sure the hatching will be not ultra regular but...

Hi Pilou, that's too dense with too many lines crossing each other. It should only have 2 lines crossing each other at any single point like this:



- Michael

Hi Michael,
Congrats!!
Maybe look at a "max length" type of value that can get rid of the "tidbits"... the little "outlying flyers"....

Thanks Burr! Yup I was also thinking of a minimum cutoff size parameter to cull stubby pieces.

- Michael

Righteous!

I feel your excitement! Like it's a long lost pal...

I wish you more of those to come this year!

Thanks Burr, yup it's true I'm pretty excited!!

- Michael

Failed test



- Michael

Getting more under control. Here with shading aware spacing and breaks at specular highlights.







- Michael

Hi Michael!

...very interesting!
Keep it rolling :)

Have you a ready made Hatching repository ?

Hi Pilou,

re:
> Have you a ready made Hatching repository ?

There will be some parameters you can adjust. Not a whole lot, probably for spacing, whether spacing varies with shading, hatching direction both, min curvature, or max curvature and whether to screen out small curves.

- Michael