Hi guys,

I've been away from MoI for about 3 months, doing a lot of… yes… subdivision modeling in Blender.

Then I return to the forum and look at that, in the mean time Max turned out to have created a great subdivision toolset for use in MoI, I am amazed this is all possible in the shape of scripts.

Now those models that are hard to do using only NURBS tools — such as branching organic forms like hands — can also be tackled in MoI.

Way to go, Max! Keep up the brilliant work.

The polyhedral solid known as the "great dodecahedron," was constructed in Moi, starting with an icosahedron, also made in Moi.
Planar was applied to the Pentagons in the icosahedron, and numerous trims were done.
_subdiv_beta six may be applied to the solid.

- Brian
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Hello Brian,

if we had a "frame" plug-in we could do pretty nice things then with those kind of solids…

Here i used yours made a frame solid out of it and then applied 2x Max's subdiv script.

Well, just a thought about a "frame" plug-in…

(image 2 is just a quick test rendering)





Best regards
Stefan

Stefan

Very nice art.

- Brian

For framing the edges, (Struts,) George W. Hart has an algorithm here, 43.9MB, and uses Mathematica.

http://www.georgehart.com/rp/Algorithmfor%20Constructing3DStruts.pdf

Had a preliminary manual try of making struts in Moi.
The triangles near the vertex can be placed with cplane.
Flip Lineweb and Sweep are useful. Did not do convex hull with vertex point...

3d printing seems to be the goal. There may be other software methods.

A few more links:
http://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2013/bridges2013-445.pdf
https://www.simonsfoundation.org/multimedia/3-d-printing-of-mathematical-models
http://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2002/bridges2002-37.pdf

- Brian

Thanks Brian,

and yes, 3D printing would be the goal.

Best regards
Stefan

Hey dear Moi-users, where I did find the latest edgeSplit - Script? I looks since a hour for that script :/

On Max Smirnovs website, i did miss that script

http://moi.maxsm.net/media/files/

btw. any news? ;) about the very cool subdivision-script-developments?

Hi Lordfox, I think the edge split script is the file named sSplit.v.0.9.2015.03.28.zip , it's the 5th one down on Max's collection page on your same link (http://moi.maxsm.net/media/files/)

- Michael

Ok, thank you, I have the script, but I was watching a video in youtube about "edgeSplit" preview from last march and I was looking the whole thread about :) and also on other pages ...

Hi Lordfox, sorry I don't know anything about edge split - maybe Max never finished that one up.

- Michael

it's is working like shown in the video! :)
A very cool plugin!

Hi Lordfox, I guess sSplit includes edge splitting in it as well now, it's not a separate command.

Mentioned here:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=6674.272

- Michael

Spent some time with tetrahedrons, and made a new tetrus poly, which Subdiv_beta6 makes into a nice tetrus.
sBridge was very helpful.

- Brian

It is possible to Rotate the points obtained with sSplit.

- Brian

Using sBridge and SubDivBeta6, I am very happy to have finally made a fair representation of a Jade Triple Mobius.
They are carved out of Jade, and very expensive.
May try some variations...

- Brian

No tips or tricks about "Crease" or partial subdivision ?
I have found this :)
http://moiscript.weebly.com/uploads/3/9/3/8/3938813/bridge_crease.3dm

Pilou, could you please post the poly version?

- Brian

I have not more but this
Rectangle by 3 Points -sweep


Split, Bridge (for the hole), Join / Separate, Show Points, Move them


_sScale :)
Cyclope glasses ! :)


If you want really the polys version 3dm, I can remake it :)

...not to stoke the fire, but Max, would you have plans for future advancement with the Sub-D scripts?

I figure, why not ask? ;-)


I would love for the script to have better mitigation of structures with non-compatible surfaces in them.
How about the ability to subdivide structures with open surfaces?

I have been doing some experimentation with the scripts but it's hard to nail down a procedure for a tutorial because many poly structures fail to work.
But I'm not nit-picking. Great script so far! It is amazing to touch upon some of the essence of T-Splines for our very own.

Hi Mike

>>would you have plans for future advancement with the Sub-D scripts
Yes, definetly. Maybe this autumn. I'm very busy at work right now, and I have no time to concentrate on writing such a complex script.

>>How about the ability to subdivide structures with open surfaces?
Hope I'll done it soon. :)