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 From:  Matadem
10913.1 
Good day.
What would be the best way or there is script already to find the center of two curves?
attached a pic.

Thank you!
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 From:  Michael Gibson
10913.2 In reply to 10913.1 
Hi Matadem,

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> What would be the best way or there is script already to find the center of two curves?

Select the 2 curves, then run Construct > Loft to make a loft surface between them.

Then select the surface and run Construct > Curve > Iso to extract an isoparm from the surface.

There's also a plug-in for it, cmorph from:
http://moi3d.com/wiki/MaxScriptArchive

- Michael
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 From:  Frenchy Pilou (PILOU)
10913.3 
Another trick ;)
Menu Transform / Array Curves 3 (objects) Points!
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 From:  Matadem
10913.4 
going to check it out tnx!
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 From:  Michael Gibson
10913.5 In reply to 10913.3 
Hi Pilou,

re:
> Another trick ;)
> Menu Transform / Array Curves 3 (objects) Points!

I don't think that trick will work, since Array curve will make exact copies of a base object that are moved and rotated along the path curve.

Array curve will not morph a curve's shape between 2 different shaped curves as being requested here.

- Michael
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 From:  Frenchy Pilou (PILOU)
10913.6 In reply to 10913.5 
Sorry I have believed that we must found the middle of each curve...(literal meaning)

So if i repeat the process on the second curve ( array curve again for to know the middle of it)
I can draw a point at the middle of the 2 curves ?



Of course the middle position of the arc is deformed by the perspective! :)

EDITED: 11 Dec 2022 by PILOU

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 From:  Michael Gibson
10913.7 In reply to 10913.6 
Hi Pilou,

re:
> I can draw a point at the middle of the 2 curves ?

Yes you can but the question was not about how to make a point between 2 curves, it was how to make "median curve" between 2 differently shaped curves. Take a look at the image in the first post.

- MIchael
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 From:  Frenchy Pilou (PILOU)
10913.8 In reply to 10913.7 
Ah ok! That is not effectively exactly the same! :)

So maybe Line Web can works...
Rebuild the 2 curves (10 pts )
Lineweb Lines (between the 2 curves)
LineWeb again 3 points / Curves (between the 10 lines resulting previously)
Order of selection is necessary!

EDITED: 11 Dec 2022 by PILOU

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 From:  Michael Gibson
10913.9 In reply to 10913.8 
Hi Pilou,

re:
> So maybe Line Web can works...

It could but it's more work than using Loft + extract isoparm.

- Michael
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 From:  Frenchy Pilou (PILOU)
10913.10 In reply to 10913.9 
Yes Loft / Iso seems more speedy!
and it's a luck that we can snap on the "middle" for the "V" because seem impossible for the "U" !
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