Hi Pilou,

re:
> When you say "Join to glue them together into 2 closed curves" it's the 2 family's curves Joined
> in the same time or Join family curves by family curves one by one?

I mean with these 16 edge curves selected:



Run the Edit > Join command one time, that will generate a result of 2 closed curves each made of 8 segments. Then you can do one loft between those 2 closed curves rather than doing 8 lofts.

- Michael

<< that will generate a result of 2 closed curves each made of 8 segments

Thanks for the precision, that was not clear for me!

There is not the possibility that the "Naked" function takes also some alone segments
existing faraway for any reason inside the 3D space ?
These 2 famillies of curves will be closed also in this case?

Hi Pilou,

> There is not the possibility that the "Naked" function take also some segments
> existing faraway for any reason inside the 3D space ?

It's helpful to hide such other faraway objects so you can focus on the one at hand and not have that problem.

- Michael

Perfect! So maybe a good thing to select your global objects concerned / Inverse selection / Hide
then Naked...

Hi Pilou,

re:
> Perfect! So maybe a good thing to select your global objects concerned / Inverse selection / Hide
> then Naked..

You can also use the "Isolate" function which is available by a right-click on the Edit > Hide button.

That will hide everything except the selected objects, but also retain a memory of what was hidden and shown before the Isolate. Then when you trigger it a second time it will restore things to their pre-Isolate state.

- Michael

Cool the trick of the "hidden isolate" !

A speedy variation ;)

- Extrude Base
- 2 curves projected
- Trim
- Scale Bottom piece trickily (aligned on the Bottom face)
- Naked Edges
- Blend (you can regulate the Bulge - Maybe use the Planar section for the bottom vertical face)



Blend with planar option


Blend elaborated so you can put heavy bulge! :)


Arc without headache! :)


The trick of the Scale

PS You can even go more speedy on making only one Curve projected ! ;) Result will be the same!
(if you want same form Top / Bottom)
So ultra speed! :)

Good morning,

Michael , this is a massive help , thank you very much.

I really appreciate you taking the time for such a detailed explanation.

The first technique you show is very much in the way i like to work (sketching out rough large shapes then refining as needed ) i had the first half of the process correct - overall shape lofted and boolean diff of my profiles , it was the transition between shapes that eluded me as i wasn't joining the curves so my fillet was failing as the object wasn't joined or a solid i believe.

A member of this forum , corchet showed me a couple ways yesterday that were extremely and helped point me in the right direction.

With the input i have had back from yourself , corchet and frenchy Pilou , im pretty much setup for most of the common shapes i use and hope to contribute back to this amazing forum of folks you have here.

Thanks to you all.


Matt

Hey there Frenchy Pilou,

This is really helpful and very quick , awesome !

Thanks for the tips , speed is always at the front of my mind when getting ideas down quickly , one of the main reasons i have picked up Moi , this solution is very useful to know for that reason , im going to look into blend to se if the bulge can be removed totally producing a linear blend that i can still fillet after.

Im sure i will have more questions further down the road but this forum has already been a huge help with folks like yourself and others who have had input already.


Cheers

Matt

Hi Matt, you're welcome I'm glad that helped!

re:
> im going to look into blend to se if the bulge can be removed totally producing a linear blend that i can still fillet after.

That would then be the same as Loft between 2 curves.

- Michael

You have also something that can be used and explored : Construct /Inset function ;)
Works on Selection Surface (s) (some training & tests are necessary ;)

Here not with your form


Variations with your form ( Shell / Inset )
Maybe in this order : Volume - Trim by curves - Separate - Shell (flip) - Inset

Here only Shell + Fillets (light inside MOi)


Shell + Inset

Hi Frenchy Pilou ,

That’s really cool actually , definitely going to look into this , thanks again.

Matt